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Latest revision as of 11:49, 13 December 2011
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The Progress Index
On November 11, 2010, the Center for Societal Progress published its version of measuring and comparing progress, entitled The Progress Index.
The Progress Index is so far the only index that combines economic, social and ecological aspects for 22 countries over the period 1970 to 2009. It has four components: income, health, education and the environment.
In December 2011, a second, updated version of the Progress Index was created with two goals in mind: First, provide an impulse to the slow moving debate in Germany. Second, highlight the time-series properties of index components (stationary vs. non-stationary) and suggest the method of panel cointegration to derive weights. Time series are stationary if they revert to a constant average (examples: life satisfaction, GDP growth etc). Series are non-stationary if their average changes over time (examples: levels of GDP, life expectancy). These different types of series must not be combined in one analysis.
The German version of the 2011 study is much longer and includes sections on the Better Life Index, the Canadian Index of Wellbeing, the Happy Planet Index, the Human Development Index, the Legatum Index as well as on national (State of USA, MAP 2.0, UK Wellbeing measures, Istat) and local (Jacksonville, Tasmania, Vancouver) progress initiatives.
Fortschrittszentrum also publishes a year by year interactive map based on its Progress Index.
Key Findings 2011
The key findings of the second Progress Index were:
· Norway, Sweden and Switzerland were the most advanced countries in 2009.
· Germany ranked 5th behind Japan, but ahead of the USA.
· Denmark, Belgium and Portugal were at the bottom of the ranking.
· Over the past ten years, the quality of life has improved in all 22 countries.
· From 1999 to 2009, South Korea and Germany have made the largest progress.
· Only little improvement was recorded for Italy, Switzerland and the USA.
The updated index uses average years of education instead of enrollment rates that were used in the first version. This led to higher rankings for Germany and the USA, but lower rankings for Finland an Greece.
See also
References
- ↑ Zentrum für gesellschaftlichen Fortschritt. (2010, November 11). 2010-11_Fortschrittsindex_E. Retrieved November 18, 2010, from Zentrum für gesellschaftlichen Fortschritt: http://fortschrittszentrum.de/dokumente/2010-11_Fortschrittsindex_E.pdf
