Statistics persuade, convince, confirm, but can also mislead, & when decisions about development are being taken, this may lead to disaster. Stephen Morse considers the problems caused by our 'unhealthy obsession with numbers' & suggests ways in...
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Statistics persuade, convince, confirm, but can also mislead, & when decisions about development are being taken, this may lead to disaster. Stephen Morse considers the problems caused by our 'unhealthy obsession with numbers' & suggests ways in which the accuracy of indices & indicators can be improved Simplifying Complexity: Why Do We Need Indicators? -- Indicators and league tables -- Modernist development -- Modernization to dependency -- Neopopulism, neoliberalism and anti-development -- Sustainable development -- Indicators of development -- Development Indicators: Economics -- Economic activity: The Gross Domestic Product -- Problems with the Gross Domestic Product -- Gross National Product and other indicators -- Gross Domestic Product and consumption -- Development Indicators: Poverty -- Headcount Ratio -- Income Gap Ratio -- Poverty Gap Index -- Income inequality -- Integrating Development Indicators -- Human development -- Birth of the Human Development Index -- Calculating the Human Development Index -- The 'HDI' family of human development indices -- Critiques of the Human Development Index -- The Precarious Art of Simplifying Complexity -- Indicators of sustainable development -- Environmental Sustainability Index -- Corruption and human development -- Taking Care with Development Indicators -- Is the Human Development Index used by anyone? -- Interpreting indices: Over-reduction? -- Development indices and policy -- A Comparative Indicatorology -- Some meetings in Italy -- People's indicators -- Sense, fondness or obsession? -- Factor analysis: a brief introduction
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
Simplifying Complexity: Why Do We Need Indicators?Indicators and league tablesModernist developmentModernization to dependencyNeopopulism, neoliberalism and anti-developmentSustainable developmentIndicators of developmentDevelopment Indicators: EconomicsEconomic activity: The Gross Domestic ProductProblems with the Gross Domestic ProductGross National Product and other indicatorsGross Domestic Product and consumptionDevelopment Indicators: PovertyHeadcount RatioIncome Gap RatioPoverty Gap IndexIncome inequalityIntegrating Development IndicatorsHuman developmentBirth of the Human Development IndexCalculating the Human Development IndexThe 'HDI' family of human development indicesCritiques of the Human Development IndexThe Precarious Art of Simplifying ComplexityIndicators of sustainable developmentEnvironmental Sustainability IndexCorruption and human developmentTaking Care with Development IndicatorsIs the Human Development Index used by anyone?Interpreting indices: Over-reduction?Development indices and policyA Comparative IndicatorologySome meetings in ItalyPeople's indicatorsSense, fondness or obsession?Factor analysis: a brief introduction.
