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Provisional conclusions African Conference on Measuring Well-Being
and Fostering the Progress of Societies Martine Durand, OECD Rabat, 21 avril 2012
– Well-being is important for every society .
– This is a more holistic approach that goes beyond material conditions.
– Africa has its place and its voice in these new orientations of thinking about the measurement of progress.
Key Messages
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Dimensions du bien-être
African Conference
Rabat, Apr 2012
Measuring Well-Being for Development and Policy-Making, New Delhi, 16-19 Oct 2012
www.oecd.org/oecdworldforum/newdelhi2012
Governance Gender
Social and Domestic solidarity
Education and training Subjective
Well-being
Health
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Employment, especially youth
Security
Poverty and Inequality
Living conditions
– Independance , credibility of official statistics
– Data are already available, however few exceptions, there is a great need for statistical capacity building
– Statistical production, financial and human resources
– Coordination at national and regional level
– Coordination with other partners
– Reinforcement of analysis capacity
– Lack of decision-making culture based on evidence
– Consideration of intra-national level
Cross-cutting issues
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– The selected dimensions and the raised concerns will be reflected in the program and in the conclusions of Delhi.
– These regional conferences, including the African Conference, and the Forum of Delhi are the building blocks for post 2015 development agenda.
African contribution to Dehli
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– OECD/Development Centre and PARIS21 are ready to work with african partners (UNECA and other regional parteners)
– An African network in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Africa and Morocco
– Conclusions will be available on the conference website
Next steps
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Thank you African Conference on Measuring Well-Being
and Fostering the Progress of Societies Martine Durand, OCDE Rabat, 21 Avril 2012