Indices and Indicators in Development - An Unhealthy Obsession With Numbers

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Morse is Reader in Development Studies at the University of Reading and co-author of Sustainability Indicators (1999) and Measuring Sustainability (2003). Klappentext * When are numbers the basis for sound decisions and when do they result in planning and policy disasters? Zusammenfassung The use of numbers to condense complex systems into easily digested 'bites' of information is very much in fashion. This book explores the use of indicators within the field of human development. It provides an outline of the contested meaning of 'development'. It is suitable for academics, undergraduate and post-graduate students. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface * Simplifying Complexity: Why Do We Need Indicators? * Development Indicators: Economics * Development Indicators: Poverty * Integrating Development Indicators * The Precarious Art of Simplifying Complexity * Taking Care with Development Indicators * A Comparative Indicatorology * Notes * References * Appendix 1: Factor Analysis: a Brief Introduction * Index

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Morse, Stephen (University of Surrey Morse, Morse Stephen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2004
• EAN: 9781844070121
• ISBN: 978-1-84407-012-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); NATURE / Ecology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, The environment, Environmental Economics, Development Studies