Indicators of "Societal Progress" [E-Book]: Lessons from International Experiences / Katherine Scrivens and Barbara Iasiello
This paper looks at different experiences in the development and use of societal progress indicator sets – at the European, national and sub-national level – with the aim of identifying useful lessons from these experiences. Five case studies are presented: the indicators used to support the EU ?Lis...
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Personal Name(s): | Scrivens, Katherine. |
Iasiello, Barbara. | |
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Paris :
OECD Publishing,
2010
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Physical Description: |
67 p. ; 21 x 29.7cm. |
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englisch |
DOI: |
10.1787/5km4k7mq49jg-en |
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OECD Statistics Working Papers ;
2010/04 |
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Economics |
This paper looks at different experiences in the development and use of societal progress indicator sets – at the European, national and sub-national level – with the aim of identifying useful lessons from these experiences. Five case studies are presented: the indicators used to support the EU ?Lisbon Strategy?; the UK Sustainable Development indicators; Measures of Australia?s Progress; Measuring Ireland?s Progress; and an example of a local community indicator initiative – the Santa Cruz Community Assessment Programme, in California. The paper concludes that for societal progress indicators to be used and applied in decision-making processes, then three conditions need to be met. First, the indicators should be seen as legitimate by the intended users. Second, the indicators should be set within a wider system that provides =fit-for-purpose‘ information. Third, an appropriate incentive structure must be in place for stakeholders to act on that information. |