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The OECD World Forum on "Statistics, Knowledge and Policy"
17 September 2012 | knowledge, oecd, statisticsIn October 2012, the OECD will organise, jointly with the Government of India, the 4th OECD World Forum on "Statistics, Knowledge and Policy". Building on its three predecessors, the main focus will...
Blogpost>Good Government Means Different Things in Different Countries – Journalist's Resource: Research for Reporting, from Harvard Shorenstein Center
17 April 2012 | cis, commentary, comparative, europe, oecd, performance, public adminA number of criteria have been developed to measure countries’ degree of “good government”; these can include the capacity to receive aid, manage foreign direct investment or initiate trade...
Event:4th OECD World Forum on "Statistics, Knowledge and Policy" - Wikiprogress.org
10 April 2012 | oecd, opportunity, statistics, well-beingThe 4th OECD World Forum on "Statistics, Knowledge and Policy will be taking place on 16-19 October 2012, in New Delhi, India. The goal of the 4th OECD World Forum is to share results and lessons...
Blogpost: Why measuring social institutions is important for assessing progress on gender equality?
16 January 2012 | blogpost, gender, index, institutions, oecd, well-beingDiscriminatory social institutions can help explain persistent gender inequalities There is now widespread agreement that gender equality matters for development, economic growth and poverty...
Net-Buzz: recent discussions and commentary from the blogosphere
19 March 2010 | accountability, blogs, gdp, happiness, human rights, oecd, youthA sample of recent or ongoing online discussions on governance assessment-related issues Blogpost: GDP vs. “Happiness”: Economics Are Getting Smarter(Triple Pundit Blog 1 March...
OECD World Forum: Better Measurements for Better Policies
11 February 2010 | event, oecdSeveral thousand professionals gathered for four days in Busan, Korea at the end of October to discuss “Statistics, Knowledge and Policy.” 40 breakout sessions and several plenary...