Presentations

Introductory session

Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Minister for Ecology, Sustainable development, Transport and Housing

Angel Gurria, OECD Secretary-General: "New Measures Towards Better Policies for Better Lives"

Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor, Columbia University: "Our Recommendations are More Relevant than Ever"

Towards New Well-Being and Sustainability Measures

Chair: Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Emeritus Professor, IEP Paris

Presentation of the OECD's "How's Life" report on well-being indicators for OECD countries and some emerging countries (Martine Durand, Chief Statistician, OECD)

Presentation of the report of the Sponsorship group on measuring progress, well-being and sustainable development (Jean Philippe Cotis, Director General, INSEE)

Presentation of national initiatives by:

Eduardo Pereira Nunes, former President of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and Professor at PUC-Rio University

Ki-Jong Woo, Commissioner, Statistics Korea

New Measures and Public Policies

Chair: Angus Deaton, Professor, Princeton University

David Halpern, Head, Behavioural Insight Team, Prime Minister's Office, United Kingdom

Shuzo Nishimura, Director General, National Institute for Population and Social Security Research, Japan

Christoph M. Schmidt, Member of the German Council of Economic Experts

Ben Gleisner, Head, Living Standards Project Team, The Treasury, New Zealand

Measuring Well-Being in Developing Countries

Chair: Francois Bourguignon, Director of Paris School of Economics

Paul Cheung, Director, United Nations Statistical Division

Ahmed Lahlimi Alami, High Commissioner, Moroccan High Planning Commission

Hernando Jose Gomez, Director, National Planning Department, Colombia

Sabina Alkire, Director, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and Scientific Counsellor, Centre of Bhutan studies

Carlos Alvarez, Deputy Director, OECD Development Centre

Address by François Baroin, Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry: “Anchoring New Well-Being and Sustainability Measures”

Conclusions: Roundtable

Chair: Enrico Giovannini, President, Italian National Institute of Statistics

Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor, Columbia University 

Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Emeritus Professor, IEP, Paris

Pier Carlo Padoan, Deputy Secretary-General and Chief Economist, OECD

Walter Radermacher, Director General, Eurostat

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