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In recent years, interest in aggregate or composite indicators of economic and social well-being at the community … attempted to develop social indicators to monitor trends in the welfare of their citizens. The objective of this paper is to … provide a survey of the major indicators of economic and social well-being that have been developed at the national and …
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This report develops a set of indicators of innovation in a number of the natural resource industries in Canada. It … then uses these indicators to assess trends in innovation over time in these industries. The innovative performance of … industries in other countries. The report finds that on most innovation indicators, Canadian natural resource industries perform …
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The report uses an aggregate index, based on security from the economic risks imposed by four key factors – unemployment, illness, old age, and single parenthood – to examine trends in economic security in Nova Scotia from 1981 to 2007. It concludes that economic security in Nova Scotia...
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A strong case can be made that the quality of governance provided by the government of Canada deteriorated somewhat from May 2011 to May 2013. While the government has constructed high-quality governance structures and implemented effective policies in many areas over many decades, the actions...
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There has been an explosion of interest in recent years in Canada and other countries in macro-indicators and composite … indexes of economic and social well-being. This reflects growing recognition of the important role macro-indicators can play … on well-being. This report provides a literature review of conceptual/operational frameworks for the development of macro-indicators …
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The main objective of this report is to conduct a survey and assessment of various indicators used by organizations … subjective indicators or measures. The report is divided into five major parts. The first part provides a brief overview of … Canada's research effort. The second part, by far the longest section, surveys a large number of sets of indicators and …
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