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News & Events
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21-Oct-2009
Statistics Working Paper 2009/3 - This paper investigates the notion and role of trust in modern societies as a first step towards the construction of indicators that could better inform our understanding of societal progress.
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14-Sep-2009
In remarks prepared for a workshop on the findings of the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress set up by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Mr Gurría noted that the OECD is well placed to lead international cooperation on harmonising concepts and methodologies. The OECD World Forum on 27-30 October 2009 will provide the next major international opportunity to advance the Commission’s recommendations.
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24-Jul-2009
Hailing the designation of Enrico Giovannini, OECD’s Chief Statistician since January 2001, as President of the Italian national statistics institute (Istituto nazionale di statistica - ISTAT), OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said this marks recognition of his prominent role in the field of international statistics and his contribution to strengthening the OECD’s position in this area.
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18-Nov-2008
Strong growth and economic restructuring has provided fertile ground for dynamic entrepreneurial activity in countries such as Romania, Hungary and the Slovak Republic over recent years. But amid the current global downturn governments in Eastern Europe, as elsewhere, face stiffer challenges in supporting and nurturing new businesses.
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08-Apr-2008
Labour productivity has grown strongly in the Slovak Republic, Hungary and Korea in recent years while growth rates in some other OECD countries such as Italy, Mexico, Portugal and New Zealand have slowed markedly.
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21-Nov-2007
New benchmark comparisons based on purchasing power parities (PPPs) show the level of gross domestic product per head has risen closer to the OECD average in a number of countries including Turkey, Mexico, the Slovak Republic, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic.
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02-Jul-2007
The OECD is to work with other international organisations and partners to develop a new approach to measuring how societies are changing by using high quality, reliable statistics to assess progress in a range of areas affecting citizens’ quality of life.
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Events
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Quarterly national accounts data for non-member economies (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russian Federation, South Africa) available in the OECD Main Economic Indicators has been split into four datasets to enable easier navigation of the data by users.
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Download the latest OECD statistics on purchasing power parities and comparative price levels.
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Latest figures of Gross Domestic Product in volume, seasonally adjusted, percentage changes from previous period. Updated on a daily basis. Source: OECD Quarterly National Accounts Database.
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from 19-Nov-2007 to 20-Nov-2007
The European Commission, European Parliament, Club of Rome, OECD and WWF hosted a high level international conference in Brussels to clarify which indices are most appropriate to measure progress, and how these can best be integrated into the decision-making process.
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Read the questions and answers from this online debate on the role and future of statistics with Enrico Giovannini, the OECD’s Chief Statistician.
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from 27-Jun-2007 to 30-Jun-2007
How can societies better measure their progress or setbacks? The question lies at the heart of a long-term OECD project to explore how the effective use of information can benefit democracy, empower individual citizens and stimulate a global debate on what progress means. See the webcast available at www.oecd.org/oecdworldforum/webcast
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Measuring the Progress of Societies
How does the well-being of societies evolve? Sets of key economic, social and environmental indicators are needed to provide a comprehensive picture. More about the Global Project
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