Community:Portal
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Welcome to the Wikiprogress community portal. Here you can find out what is happening in the Wikiprogress community and how progress is being received around the globe. See media coverage of progress, what's new on Wikiprogress, articles we would like to be edited and interact with the community on the Community Notice Board.
In the Spotlight
Papers
Recently released papers
- Corruption Perceptions Index Report (Transparency International December 2011)
- Perspectives on Global Development 2012: Social Cohesion in a Shifting World (OECD Development Centre and Club de Madrid November 2011)
- Building Resilience - The Future of Rural Livelihoods in the Face of Climate Change (2011 Cambodia Human Development Report UNDP, September 2011)
- Mongolia Quarterly Economic Update - August 2011 (World Bank August 2011)
- Understanding the Pursuit of Happiness in Ten Major Cities (Urban Affairs Review 2011 47: 861 Kevin M. Leyden, Abraham Goldberg and Philip Michelbach originally published online 28 April 2011)
- G7 to G8 to G20 Evolution in Global Governance (CIGI G20 Papers No. 6, May 2011)
Calls for papers
Call for Chapters in the new Best Practices in Quality-of-Life Research Book Series. Deadline: August 31st, 2011. Click here for Submission Guidelines and details.
Call for abstracts - 3rd International Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators to be held at the University of York, UK 27-29 July 2011.
Media Review
Progress in the news
- The dark side of Germany's jobs miracle (Reuters 09.02.2012)
- This house believes that society benefits when we share personal information online. (The Economist debates 08.02.2012)
- Despite its promises, this government can't make you happy. In times of austerity, you are on your own (The Guardian 08.02.2012)
- What really makes people happy? (Fox News 08.02.2012)
- The City 2.0 -- Evolved -Not Made- By Ecological Humans (TED Conversations 08.02.2012)
- Whose Development Is It Anyway? From Economic to Human and Sustainable Development (ISN 07.02.2012)
- Engaged Workers Immune to Stress From Long Commutes (Gallup 07.02.2012)
- China Plans Unified Survey to Gauge Wealth Gap (Bloomberg 07.02.2012)
- Taiwan to introduce well-being, happiness index (Taiwan Today 07.02.2012)
- Whose Development Is It Anyway? From Economic to Human and Sustainable Development (ISN 06.02.2012)
- Use Rio+20 to overhaul idea of growth, urges EU climate chief (Guardian 05.01.2012)
Newsletters
- The Young Foundation Spring Newsletter April 2011
- McKinsey Quarterly April 2011 Newsletter
- New Economics Foundation e-letter March 2011
Newsletter Archives
Debates
This house believes that we are in a new tech bubble. (Debate Hosted by The Economist 14 - 24 June)
Positions in progress
Blog Review
Blog posts on progress
- Why seasonality is back and that’s a good thing (From Poverty to Power 03.02.2012)
- Why the places we live make us happy (the Atlantic Monthly 03.02.2012)
- A free-thinking UN would spice up sustainable development's bland dish (Guardian Poverty Matters 02.02.2012)
- Sustainable Development Goals: easy win or slippery slope? (Oxfam from Poverty to Power 31.01.2012)
Interactive web 2.0 apps
- Collaborative budgeting and prioritizing tool called Buy-A-Feature used by community action members to create optimal budget in a period of many budget cuts.
- Global collaborative tool for measuring light pollution by Globe at Night.
- Better World Flux was created as an entry for the World Bank Apps for Development competition. Its aim is to raise awareness about the UN MDGs by letting users visualize and share stories they can find that are hidden in World Bank Open Data.
Special Media Reviews
Pages dedicated to media reviews on particular topics or important events in the measuring progress community:
- UN Women Report: Progress of the World's Women - Media Review
- Global Peace Index 2011 - Media Review
- Better life initiative - Media Review
- Action for Happiness - Media Review
- World Development Report 2011 - Media Review
- China to Measure Happiness - Guangdong - Media Review
- UK to Measure Happiness - Media Review
- Human Development Report 2010 - Media Review
Community Notice Board
Click here to access the Community notice board where you can interact with the progress community by posting questions and comments.
Guidance, Help and Resources
See guidelines and FAQ for content related questions. See help for questions on how to use the wiki. We are currently creating short videos to help guide you through the site. If you have any questions that are not answered on wikiprogress, please feel free to email us info@wikiprogress.org
Community Portal Archive
Please click here to see the Community Portal archives.
