1. What is Progress? A Framework for Progress Jon Hall Global Project, OECD

2. What is Progress? The word progress (Latin: pro-gredi) improvements, to move forward, to gain Economic progress, Social progress, Scientific progress but above all human progress

3. What is Progress? Many views … “Is life getting better?”

4. What is Progress? Many views … But what is clear (to me) is A. Progress is multidimensional B. Progress means different things to different people

5. Dimensions of Progress Human wellbeing GovernanceCulture Economy Resource demand Human system Ecosystem condition Ecosystem Source: Robert Prescott-Allen, 2008

6. Human System: Human Well-being

7. Measures ends or outcomes, including health, knowledge and understanding, freedom and security, relationships, work and play, and subjective well-being The other domains of the Human System represent the supports for human well- being and measure means or outputs - Economy, Governance, and Culture

8. Human System: Culture

9. The creative, expressive, and symbolic aspects of a way of life, including art, crafts, food, games, gardens, literature, language, music and religion

10. Human System: Economy and Governance

11. Economy: the stocks and flows of an economy (income and wealth) Governance: democratic participation, access to services, order and safety, political rights, responsiveness, and transparency

12. Ecosystem: Ecosystem Condition

13. Ecosystem health, including air quality, atmosphere, land, freshwater, oceans and seas, and biodiversity

14. Resource Demand

15. Human pressures on the ecosystem – both extraction of resources and pollution Resource Demand

16. Sets of Indicators If progress is multi dimensional and means different things to different people then one must … Provide a set of measures And allow readers to apply their own weights to form their own view

17. Sets of Indicators Measures should be “unambiguous" that is have a clear good/bad direction of movement Important to focus on the big picture Important to discuss trade-offs and reinforcements

18. Trade-offs

19. Reinforcements

20. Progress: Objective and Subjective Components Objective components – longevity, income, air quality The stuff we can measure exactly

21. Progress: Objective and Subjective Components Subjective components – fear, trust, happiness, life satisfaction Must ask people how they feel Business Confidence Self assessed health

22. Objective and Subjective Assessments Are Important Level of Subjective well-being highlow Objective living conditions highwell-beingdissonance lowadaptationdeprivation

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