system of national, see System of National Accounts
Activities of Daily Living
Africa
American Time Use Survey
Arab Spring
Aristotle
Arts, the
Asia
Assets
economic
environmental
household
natural
overseas
price bubble
productive
tangible
usable
valuation
Attenborough, David
Banking, sustainable
Bentham, Jeremy
Better Life
Index (OECD)
initiative (OECD)
Beveridge, William
Beyond 2011
Beyond GDP (European Commission)
Bhutan
Big data
BRAINPOol
Business
accounting
corporate social responsibility
Campbell's law
Canada
economic growth
wellbeing
Capability
Capacity
building statistical
Capital
cultural
economic
environmental
human
physical
social
taking account of all types of
total stock
Capitalism
as described by Adam Smith
natural
neo-liberal
progressive
responsible
China
economic growth
life expectancy in
wellbeing initiatives
Climate change
intergovernmental panel
need for indicators
and sustainable development
Clinimetric indicator
Colombia, Republic of
Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress (CMEPSP), see Stiglitz, Sen and Fitoussi Commission
Communication
technology
Consumption
Cromwell, Oliver
Culture
Darwin, Charles
Dashboard
examples of
of indicators
Data, see also Big data
capture
quality
revolution
Dda, Hywel
Declaration of Independence (US)
Depreciation
Depression
measures of
and wellbeing
Development, sustainable
definitions of
examples of
frameworks
indicators
policy
Doing Business indicators (World Bank)
Dr Foster
Easterlin paradox
Ecological
fallacy
footprint
Ecology
Ecosystem
Edgeworth, Francis Ysidro
Elections
Enlightenment, Age of
Enterprises, social
Environment, the, see also Accounts, Green growth, Sustainable development indicators, Sustainability, System of Economic and Environmental Accounts, Triple bottom line
and air travel
business impact on
as capital asset
China
condition of
and development
and economic growth
and politics
and quality of life
regulation of
value of
and wellbeing
Egypt
ESA95
ESA2010
Eudemonia
Evolution
Externalities
Factor analysis
Flows
Flynn effect
Frameworks
characteristics of
constructing
examples
for population subgroups
use of
France
Fraud
French constitution
Functioning
and capability
examples of
and flourishing
and wellbeing
Fundamental principles of official statistics
summary, 151 (Table 5.1)
use of
Gallup World Poll
GDP, see Gross domestic product
Germany
Gini coefficient
Global Alliance for Banking on Values
Global Green Growth Institute
GNH, see Gross national happiness
GNI, see Gross national income
GNP, see Gross national product
Good society, see Society, good
Goodhart's Law
Government
macroeconomic management
national debt
policy
performance of
role of
services
use of statistics
Graunt, John
Green Book
Gross domestic product (GDP)
definition
history
limitations
revisions
strengths
Gross national
happiness (GNH)
income (GNI)
product (GNP) see Gross national income
Growth
economic
green
limits to
personal
Guttman scale
Happiness
international day of
psychology
quantum of
and wellbeing
Happy Planet Index (HPI)
Hawthorne effect
HDI, see Human Development Index
Health Related Quality of Life
Hedonic
calculus
treadmill
Hedonimetry
Homeostasis
How's Life?
HPI, see Happy Planet Index
Human capital, see Capital, human
Human Development
Index (HDI)
Reports
Human Genome Project
Hutcheson, Francis
Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW)
Index, synthetic
India
Indicators
combining multiple
composite
criteria for selection
environmental
green growth
outcome
resource
sets of. See also Indicators, composite
social
sustainable development indicators (SDIs) see Development, sustainable, indicators
Inequality
analysing
causes and effects
examples of
measuring
tackling
International Association of Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW)
International Classification of Diseases
International Day of Happiness
Interval scale, see Scale type, interval
ISEW, see Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare
Istanbul Declaration
Italy
Jefferson, Thomas
Kennedy, Robert
Kuznets, Simon
Laffer curve
Landscape
Leaders, business
Legatum Institute
Commission on Wellbeing Policy
Prosperity Index
Leisure
taking account of
time use
and wellbeing
Liabilities
Life Satisfaction Survey
Likert scale
Malthus, Thomas
Marx, Karl
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
McNamara fallacy
MDGs, see Millennium Development Goals
MEA, see Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Measurement
change
constructing instruments
national household income
pragmatic
approach to composite indicators
aspects of procedures
definition of
frameworks
scales
validity
progress
properties
representational
scales
social welfare
subjective wellbeing
approaches and instruments
children
developing measures
guidelines
as measurement of progress. See also Easterlin paradox
national initiatives
observations on
Stiglitz et al recommendation on, 88 (Table 3.1)
use of
technology
Measures of Australia's Progress (MAP)
Measuring National Well-being (MNW) programme (UK)
Memory
Micawber
Mill, John Stuart
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
potential in measuring wellbeing and progress
process
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA)
Miller, George A.
MIMIC model
Misery index
MNW, see Measuring National Well-being
Natural and Political Observations Made Upon the Bills of Mortality
New Delhi, World Forum in
New Economics Foundation (nef). See also Happy Planet Index (HPI)
Nominal scale, see Scale type, nominal
Obsolescence, planned/built-in
OECD, see Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Ordinal scale, see Scale type, ordinal
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
data
environmental statistics
framework for measuring wellbeing
guidelines
measuring household wealth
measuring subjective wellbeing
societal progress indicators
and Stiglitz et al Commission
view of growth
wellbeing initiatives. See also Better Life, How's Life?
world forums. See also Istanbul Declaration
Petty, William
Philosophy
Ancient Greek
Chinese
wellbeing
Plato
Politics
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule
Poverty
child
Pragmatic measurement, see Measurement, pragmatic
Pre-distribution
Princeton Affect Time Survey
Producers of statistics
challenges
fundamental principles
national statistical systems
presentating and communicating outputs
role in measuring wellbeing and progress
Progess
economic growth
exploring what this means
historical concepts
and inequality
societal, definitions of
spheres of
variety of measures
wellbeing as new concept of
why measure
Psychometric
indicator
measurement
Qualitative reports
Quality, see also Capability
of data, see Data quality
of goods and services
of life (QoL)
cross-cultural comparisons
definitions
factors affecting
OECD approach
of future generations. See also Development, sustainable
Stiglitz et al Commission recommendations on measuring, 88 (Table 3.1)
Quantification
Quetelet, Adolphe
Race, global
Ratio scale, see Scale type, ratio
Reliability
Representational measurement, see Measurement, representational
Republic, Plato's
Resources, common
Rights, human
Rio+20
Royal Statistical Society
Rogers, Richard
Ryff's Psychological Wellbeing Theory
Sandel, Michael
Satisfaction with life scale
Savings
Scale type
interval
nominal
ordinal
ratio
Scotland
Security
economic
financial
national
personal
services
SEEA, see System of Economic and Environmental Accounts
Self-determination theory
Silent Spring
Sinclair, John
Smith, Adam
SNA, see System of National Accounts
Social
capital, see Capital, social
indicator(s) movement
network
progress. See also Progress, societal
Index (SPI)
Social security benefits
Social Trends (UK)
Society, good
Standard of living
Statistical Account of Scotland
Statistics
contested
official see also Fundamental principles of official statistics
Statistics Authority, UK
Stiglitz, Sen and Fitoussi Commission
domains
economic accounts
further work
political voice and governance
report and recommendations
social and environmental indicators
subjective wellbeing
sustainability
Stock, see Capital
Stone, Richard
Sustainability, see also Development, sustainable
economic
System of Economic and Environmental Accounts (SEEA)
System of National Accounts (SNA)
Technology
Telemark Museums
The Long Tail
The Spirit Level
The Wealth of Nations, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the