Composite indicators between analysis and advocacy

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-77

  Saltelli, Andrea ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Composite indicator; Lisbon objectives; Narrative

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; CULTURE; OECD; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947595172     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-006-0024-9     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Alesina, A. and R. PeAotti: 2004, 'The European Union: a politically incorrect view', NBER Working papers Series, Working Paper 10342, http://www.nber.org/papers/w10342
2. Center for Global Development's Commitment to development index, CDI, http://www.cgdev.org/
3. Cherchye, L., C.A. Knox Lowell, W. Moesen and T. Van Puynbroeck: 2005, 'One market, one number? A composite indicator assessment of EU internal market dynamics', Internal Paper of the KEI (Knowledge Economy Indicators) Project, University of Leuven
4. EC, 2004: Brussels, 20.2.2004, Report from the commission to the Spring European Council. Delivering Lisbon reforms for the enlarged union, COM (2004) 29 final/2, http://europa.eu.int/growthandjobs/pdf/ COM2004_029_en.pdf
5. EC: 2005a, 'Communication from President Barroso to the Spring European Council - Working together for growth and jobs. A new start for the Lisbon Strategy', COM (2005) 24
6. EC: 2005b, Information Note on STRUCTURAL INDICATORS, Directorate General Economic and Financial Affairs, 2005
7. EC - DG RTD: 2005, Key Figures 2005 on Science, Technology and Innovation towards a European knowledge area, July 2005, see http://www.cordis.lu/indicators/publications.htm
8. Funtowicz S.O. and Ravetz J.R. (1990). Uncertainty and Quality in Science for Policy. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, NL
9. Giles, C. and S. DaneshkFu: 2004, 'International economy: failure to cut deficits "will sacrifice young"', Financial Times; Dec 01, 2004
10. JRC: 2006, 'Information server on composite indicators', http://farmweb.jrc.cec.eu.int/CI/
11. Kok, W.: 2004, The High Level Group on Lisbon Strategy (chaired by Wim Kok) (2004) - Facing the Challenge, European Communities, Luxembourg
12. Messerlin, P.A.: 2005, 'A European economic agenda after the NO votes', 35th Wincott Lecture, October 3, 2005. See also Wolf, M., 2005, Brussels must scrutinise its failures, Financial Times, October 4, 2005
13. Monti, M.: 2005, 'Toughen up EU reform agenda and make it count', Financial Times, Published: March 21, 2005
14. Munda G. (2004). Social multi-criteria evaluation (SMCE): Methodological foundations and operational consequences. European Journal of Operational Research 158(3): 662-677
15. Nardo, M., S. Tarantola, A. Saltelli, C. Andropoulos, R. Buescher, G. Karageorgos, A. Latvala and F. Noel: 2004, 'The e-business readiness composite indicator for 2003: A pilot study', EUR 21294EN
16. Nardo, M., M. Saisana, A. Saltelli, S. Tarantola, A. Hoffman and E. Giovannini: 2005a, 'Handbook on constructing composite indicators: methodology and user guide', OECD Statistics Working Paper by, STD/ DOC(2005) 3, see Publications and Documents at http://www.oecd.org/
17. Nardo M., Saisana M., Saltelli A. and Tarantola S. (2005b). Tools for Composite Indicators Building. European Commission, report EUR 21682 EN. Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
18. Nicoletti G., S. Scarpetta and O. Boylaud: 2000, 'Summary indicators of product market regulation with an extension to employment protection legislation', OECD, Economics Department Working Papers No. 226, ECO/ WKP(99)18. http://www.oecd.org/eco/eco
19. OECD PISA: Programme for International Student Assessment, www.pisa.oecd.org
20. Olson, M.: 1984, The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities (Yale University Press)
21. Rifkin J. (2004). The European Dream. Tarcher-Penguin, New York
22. Rosen, R.: 1991, Life Itself: A Comprehensive Inquiry into Nature, Origin, and Fabrication of Life (Columbia University Press)
23. Rosling, H., A. Rosling Rönnlund and O. Rosling: 2005, 'New software brings statistics beyond the eye', OECD World Forum on Key Indicators, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004, http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/ 39/48/33843977.doc
24. Saisana M., Saltelli A. and Tarantola S. (2005). Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis techniques as tools for the quality assessment of composite indicators. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A 168(2): 1-17
25. Saisana, M. and S. Tarantola: 2002, 'State-of-the-art report on current methodologies and practices for composite indicator development', EUR 20408 EN
26. Saltelli, A., M. Nardo, M. Saisana and S. Tarantola: 2004, 'Composite indicators - the controversy and the way forward', OECD World Forum on Key Indicators, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004, http://www.oecd.org/ dataoecd/40/50/33841312.doc
27. Saltelli, A., S. Funtowicz, A. Guimarães-Pereira, J.-P. Malingreau, G. Munda and M. Giampietro: 2005, 'Developing effective lisbon strategy narratives', EUR 21644 EN
28. Sapir, A.: 2005, Globalisation and the Reform of European Social Models, 2005, http://www.bruegel.org/
29. Sarewitz D. (2004). How science makes environmental controversies worse. Environmental Science & Policy 7: 385-403
30. Sen A. (1989). Development as capabilities expansion. Journal of Development Planning 19: 41-58
31. Sharpe, A.: 2004, Literature Review of Frameworks for Macro-Indicators (Centre for the Study of Living Standards, Ottawa, Canada)
32. SI: 2005, EUROSTAT's Structural Indicators database, see http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/structuralindicators
33. Tarantola, S., M. Saisana, A. Saltelli, F. Schmiedel and N. Leapman: 2002, 'Statistical techniques and participatory approaches for the composition of the European Internal Market Index 1992-2001', EUR 20547 EN
34. Transparency International's Corruption Index, http://www.transparency.org/cpi/2004/cpi2004.en.html#cpi2004
35. Wolf, M.: 2005, Why Globalisation, Yale Nota Bene Series
36. World Economic Forum's World Competitiveness Index, www.weforum.org/gcr
37. World Economic Forum's Environmental Sustainability Index, www.yale.edu/esi/