Calvert Henderson Quality of Life Indicators

Indicator Events, Activities and Meetings

Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators in Context, originally posted at www.calvert-henderson.com, 2007 Below are events, activities and meetings associated with ‘quality of life’-related indicator efforts. If you know of others that should be included, please contact us at: info (at) calvert-henderson dot com. There is still time to sign up for the Ceres Conference 2007, …

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Global Media and Public Opinion: The New Superpower

Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators in Context, originally posted at www.calvert-henderson.com, 2007 Of all the recent global changes, news media were most baffled about the emergence of what many are now calling the world’s new superpower: global civil society and public opinion. Regular opinion surveys in over 60 countries — North, South, East and West …

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The New Politics of Productivity Measures

Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators in Context, originally posted at www.calvert-henderson.com, 2007 In today’s information age, and the bursting of the IT bubble in 2001, many countries study the USA and are keenly interested in our changing economy and society. This accounts for the worldwide interest in the Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators, which portray …

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The Global Boom in New Indicators

Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators in Context, originally posted at www.calvert-henderson.com, 2007 The perennial debate over whether income is a good measure of development continues. Today there is wide agreement that many other measures besides per-capita income are needed for measuring overall progress, from health and education to environmental quality as the new GlobeScan Survey …

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Globalization Concerns Grow

Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators in Context, originally posted at www.calvert-henderson.com, 2007 As I described in Building a Win-Win World (Henderson 1996), Beyond Globalization (Henderson 1999), and Ethical Markets (Henderson 2006) we now know that globalization brings both good and bad news. While globalization brings increased trade, economic growth, and spreading prosperity and democracy — …

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