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Regional Conference for Africa: Rwanda, 14 January 2007

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OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy
Regional Conference for Africa

"Building Capacity to Measure and Foster the Progress of Societies"

14 January 2007

Hotel Novotel, Kigali – Rwanda

Regional "pre-conference" for Africa was held in Kigali, Rwanda, 14 January 2007. This conference was hosted in collaboration with Rwanda authorities, Statistics South Africa, OECD and PARIS21.

Agenda of the conference
   Conclusions

Papers presented at the conference will be soon available.
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Quotes

Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD

"Measuring whether life is getting better is one of the most important roles the OECD can take on".

Mamphela Ramphele, Co-chair, Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM)

"The measurement of anything that is of importance elevates its importance".

Kemal Dervis, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP

"World GDP growth has been faster than it has been for a very long time. But people are not particularly happy".

François Bourguignon, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank

"Progress indicators are a way for people to hold their governments accountable".