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