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Welcome to the Wikiprogress community portal. Here you can find out what is happening in the Wikiprogress community and how progress is being received around the globe. See media coverage of progress, what's new on Wikiprogress, articles we would like to be edited and interact with the community on the Community Notice Board.
In the Spotlight
Papers
Recently released papers
- Happier and less isolated: internet use in old age (Orsolya Lelkes, European Centre, December)
- Does Access to Information Technology Make People Happier? (Brookings December 2012)
- Perspectives on Global Development 2012 - Social Cohesion in a Shifting World (OECD December 2012)
- Settling In, OECD Indicators of Immigrant Integration 2012 (OECD December 2012) Review report on Beyond GDP indicators: categorisation, intentions and impacts (Brainpool November 2012)
- Post-2015 Global Consultation on Education (UNICEF and UNESCO November 2012)
Calls for papers
Call for Chapters in the new Best Practices in Quality-of-Life Research Book Series. Deadline: August 31st, 2011. Click here for Submission Guidelines and details.
Call for abstracts - 3rd International Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators to be held at the University of York, UK 27-29 July 2011.
Media Review
Progress in the news
- The right poverty measure for post-2015 (ODI Development 24.05.13)
- Global development podcast: what's at stake at the G8? - Podcast (The Guardian 23.05.13)
- Unpacking The 2013 Human Development Index (Social Europe Journal 23.05.13)
- Transparency and accountability: Bringing the politics back in (blogs.worldbank.org 22.05.13)
- Do One Thing For Diversity and Inclusion (UN Alliance of Civilizations 21.05.13)
- UN economic and social body urges stronger global governance to achieve anti-poverty goals (UN News Centre)
- No end to poverty without better governance (Reuters 20.05.13)
- Monitoring progress on poverty: the case for a high global poverty line (ODI Development Progress 17.05.13)
- One small step for democracy, one giant leap for Pakistan? (ODI 17.05.2013)
Newsletters
- The Young Foundation Spring Newsletter April 2011
- McKinsey Quarterly April 2011 Newsletter
- New Economics Foundation e-letter March 2011
Newsletter Archives
Debates
This house believes that we are in a new tech bubble. (Debate Hosted by The Economist 14 - 24 June)
Positions in progress
Blog Review
Blog posts on progress
- Happiness index: how does the economy make us feel? (The Guardian 23.10.2012)
- Separate and Unequal ‘The Price of Inequality,’ by Joseph E. Stiglitz (The New York Times, Sunday Book Review 03.08.2012)
- Poor people want to be poor, they say. Really? (The Guardian 03.08.2012)
- Wellbeing, sustainability and economic prosperity: connecting the dots (The Guardian 02.08.2012)
- How Much Money Do You Really Need To Be Happy? (Forbes 27.07.2012)
Interactive web 2.0 apps
- Collaborative budgeting and prioritizing tool called Buy-A-Feature used by community action members to create optimal budget in a period of many budget cuts.
- Global collaborative tool for measuring light pollution by Globe at Night.
- Better World Flux was created as an entry for the World Bank Apps for Development competition. Its aim is to raise awareness about the UN MDGs by letting users visualize and share stories they can find that are hidden in World Bank Open Data.
Special Media Reviews
Pages dedicated to media reviews on particular topics or important events in the measuring progress community:
- UN Women Report: Progress of the World's Women - Media Review
- Global Peace Index 2011 - Media Review
- Better life initiative - Media Review
- Action for Happiness - Media Review
- World Development Report 2011 - Media Review
- China to Measure Happiness - Guangdong - Media Review
- UK to Measure Happiness - Media Review
- Human Development Report 2010 - Media Review
Community Notice Board
Click here to access the Community notice board where you can interact with the progress community by posting questions and comments.
Guidance, Help and Resources
See guidelines and FAQ for content related questions. See help for questions on how to use the wiki. We are currently creating short videos to help guide you through the site. If you have any questions that are not answered on wikiprogress, please feel free to email us info@wikiprogress.org
Community Portal Archive
Please click here to see the Community Portal archives.
