<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span><b><font size="3" color="maroon" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">Compendium of OECD well-being indicators<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">OECD May 2011<br>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">In terms of focus, the Compendium provides evidence
on: </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in"><font size="2" color="black" face="Symbol"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">the well-being of <b><span style="font-weight:bold">people
</span></b>in each country, rather than on the macro-economic conditions of
economies; hence, many standard indicators of macro-economic performance (e.g.
GDP, productivity, innovation) are not included in this Compendium. </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">the well-being of different groups of the population,
in addition to average conditions. Measures of <b><span style="font-weight:bold">inequalities </span></b>in people</span></font><font size="2" face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"">‟</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">s conditions will figure prominently in
the “How</span></font><font size="2" face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"">‟</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">s Life?” report but are only discussed
briefly in this Compendium. </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">well-being achievements, measured by <b><span style="font-weight:bold">outcome </span></b>indicators, as opposed to
well-being drivers measured by input or output indicators. </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in"><font size="2" color="black" face="Symbol"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font><b><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold">objective </span></font></b><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">and <b><span style="font-weight:bold">subjective
</span></b>aspects of people</span></font><font size="2" face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"">‟</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">s well-being as both living conditions
and their appreciation by individuals are important to understand people</span></font><font size="2" face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"">‟</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">s
well-being. </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></font></p>
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In terms of scope, the framework distinguishes between current material living
conditions and quality of life, on the one hand, and the conditions required to
ensure their sustainability over time, on the other </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">- <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Material living
conditions </span></b>(or „economic well-being</span></font><font size="2" face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"">‟</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">) determine people</span></font><font size="2" face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"">‟</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">s
consumption possibilities and their command over resources. While this is
shaped by GDP, the latter also includes activities that do not contribute to
people</span></font><font size="2" face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"">‟</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">s well-being (e.g. activities aimed at
offsetting some of the regrettable consequences of economic development) while
it excludes non-market activities that expand people</span></font><font size="2" face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"">‟</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">s consumption possibilities. </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">- <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Quality of life</span></b>,
defined as the set of non-monetary attributes of individuals, shapes their
opportunities and life chances, and has intrinsic value under different
cultures and contexts. <br>
- The <b><span style="font-weight:bold">sustainability of the socio-economic
and natural systems </span></b>where people live and work is critical for
well-being to last over time. Sustainability depends on how current human
activities impact on the stocks of different types of capital (natural,
economic, human and social). However, suitable indicators for describing the
evolution of these stocks are still lacking in many fields. For this reason,
indicators of sustainability are not included in this Compendium, although some
of them will feature in “How</span></font><font size="2" face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"">‟</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">s Life?”.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">OECD Looks To
Measure The 'Better Life'</span></font></u></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">. “It is time to move beyond gross
domestic product when measuring the success of societies, the Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), has concluded in a change of
mission for the international organization….The OECD's new Better Life Index,
an amalgam of 11 indicators, including income and jobs, but also life
satisfaction and safety, aims to capture the diversity of life and priorities
in advanced economies. </span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Unlike existing composite indicators
users of the new OECD index can give each of the 11 indicators a different
weight according to their own preferences and see how such changes alter the
league table of countries….” [<u>Financial Times</u>]<br>
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