Statistics, Knowledge and Policy 2007: Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies

by OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Develop

Is life getting better? Are our societies making progress? Indeed, what does "progress" mean to the world's citizens? There can be few questions of greater importance in today's rapidly changing world. And yet how many of us have the evidence to answer these questions? For a good portion of the 20th century there was an implicit assumption that economic growth was synonymous with progress: an assumption that a growing GDP meant life must be getting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9264043233
• ISBN13: 9789264043237
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
• Length: 564 Pages
• Weight: 2.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.3" x 11.0"