The First World Forum on Key Indicators by Enrico Giovannini
I. Keynote Speeches
-The ECB's Use of Statistics and Other Information for Monetary Policy by Jean-Claude Trichet
-Key National Indicator Systems: An Opportunity to Maximize National Progress and Strengthen Accountability by David M. Walker
-Building Knowledge by Donald J. Johnston
II. National Case Studies
-Developing Key national Indicators for the United States by Katherine Wallman, Kenneth Prewitt, and Susan Schechter
-Measuring for Decision Making: Soft and Hard Use of Indicators in Regional Development Policies by Fabrizio Barca
-Measuring for Decision Making - Official Statistics for Decision Making and Evaluation: Territorial Indicators by Luigi Biggeri
-Measures of Australia's Progress - A Case Study of a National Report Based on Key Economic, Social, and Environment Indicators by Dennis Trewin and Jon Hall
-Statistical Indicators for Broad Policy Purposes in Ireland: Developing the Consensus between Statistics and Politics by Donal Garvey
III. Improving Economic Indicators
-Measurement of Government Output and Productivity for the National Accounts in the UK: "The Atkinson Review" by Joe Grice
-OECD's Role in Global Governance: The Contribution of Structrural Indicators and Benchmarking by Jean-Philippe Cotis
-The Impact of Statistics on a Competitive and Knowledge-Based Economy by Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz
IV. Measuring the Environment
-Composite Indicators of Environmental Sustainability by Bedrich Moldan, Tomáš Hák, Jan Kovanda, Miroslav Havránek, Petra Kušková
-The Reduction of Complexity by Means of Indicators: Case Studies in the Environmental Domain by Walter Radermacher
V. Statistics for Society
-Indicators and Social Accounting for 21st Century Social Policy by Gøsta Esping-Andersen
-Social Inclusion – Do We Have the Right Indicators? by Bjørn Hvinden
-Social Indicator Systems: Foundations for Policy Design and Evaluation? by Ken Tallis
VI. The Information Society: Measurement Issues and the Impact on Policy Making
-Information Society: From Statistical Measurement to Policy Assessment by Tony Clayton
-Measurements in Support of Policy Decisions by Kaija Hovi
-The Use and Abuse of Real-Time and Anecdotal Information in Monetary Policy Making by Evan F. Koenig
VII. Measuring the Effectiveness of Public Services
-Indicators on Public Administration: Democracy, Efficiency, Due Process of Law by Richard Murray
-Healthy People: Three Decades of National Health by Edward J. Sondik and Richard J. Klein
VIII. Regional Indicators and Fund Allocation
-International Benchmarking as a Tool for Regional Policy Making: Experiences and Challenges by Christoph Koellreuter
-The Spatial Monitoring System of the German Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) as a Tool for Political Counselling by Wendelin Strubelt
IX. Planning for the Future
-Societal Indicators and Government-Wide Reporting in the Government of Canada by Louise Bellefeuille-Prégent and Tim Wilson
-Natural Capital: New Measures to Monitor the Economy’s Ecological Foundations by Carolyn Cahill
-Using Quality of Life Indicators to Inform Policy and Planning: A New Zealand Example by Leigh Gatt
X. Indicators and Benchmarking
-Indicators and Benchmarking as a Support to the Decision-Making Process: The Italian Experience in Active Employment Policies by Aviana Bulgarelli
-New Public Management Reform and the Legacy of the Developmental State in Korea by Chonghee Han
-Composite Indicators – The Controversy and the Way Forward by Andrea Saltelli, Michela Nardo, Michaela Saisana and Stefano Tarantola
XI. Cross Country Comparisons
-Millennium Development Goals: Measuring and Monitoring Global Progress by Paul Cheung
-Indicators for EU Policy Making: The Example of Structural Indicators by Pedro Díaz Munoz
XII. Politics and Statistics
-The Use of Indicators for Better Policy Making by Lorenzo Bini Smaghi and Gian Paolo Ruggiero
-Sustainable Development Indicators for Policy Making by Thorvald Moe
XIII. The Role of Central Banks
-Statistics, Accounts and Key Indicators Compiled by Central Banks: The Case of the ECB by Steven Keuning and Alda Morais
-Financial Stability Policy and Statistics by Toshio Idesawa
XIV. The Role of Civil Society
-Collaborating with Civil Society: Reflections from Australia by Jon Hall, Chris Carswell, René Jones and David Yencken
-Measuring and Monitoring Economic and Social Well-Being: Comments from a Labour Perspective by Andrew Jackson
-Using Indicators to Engage Citizens: The Oregon Progress Board Experience by Jeffrey Tryens
XV. Making Governments Accountable
-China’s Economic Indicator System and Government Auditing by Li Jinhua
-Indicators and Public Accountability in India by Vijayendra N. Kaul
-Enhancing Public Accountability: National Performance Indicators and the Role of the Board of Audit of Japan by Muneharu Otsuka
XVI. Advocacy, Numeracy, and the Role of Media
-Agree on Numbers while Discussing Words. Or Is It Just the Opposite? by Luca De Biase
-Good and Bad in Britain and What the Press Makes of It by Simon Briscoe
-The Growing Demand for Statistics: Challenges and Opportunities by Pilar Martín-Guzmán
-New Software Brings Statistics Beyond the Eye by Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund and Ola Rosling
Workshops
-Measurement of Social Capital in the UK by Penny Babb
-Towards an Atlas of Social Capital and Institutions in Italy: Strategy, Developments and Open Issues by Alessandra Righi
-Gender Statistics and the Work of the National Development
-Plan Gender Equality Unit, Ireland by Mark P. Manto
-Gender Equality Statistics and Indicators: The Canadian Experience by Brigitte Neumann, Sheila Regehr and Leroy Stone
-Rewarding Jobs: Government Policy and Work Incentives by Christopher Heady and Herwig Immervoll
-Opening Remarks to the Workshop on FDI Statistics for Policy Making by William H. Witherell
-Measuring Foreign Direct Investment by Ayse Bertrand
-Multiple Indicators for Multiple Uses: United States Statistics on Foreign Direct Investment by Obie G. Whichard
-Agricultural Support Indicators: Measurement, Meaning and Use by Wilfred Legg
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