This meeting discusses one of the hardest and most contentious topics within the Beyond GDP arena, which is the relative
benefits and trade-offs between dashboards and composite (single measure) indices. Composite indices can be simpler to
interpret or communicate but run the risk of over-simplifying
complex issues. This meeting will present new composite
indices and include a discussion of best practices in developing composite indices and the latest innovations and potential approaches.
Tuesday, 21 September 2023 | 7:00 am - 9:30 am (New York Time) | Virtual Meeting
7:00 am - 7:30 am
Session 1| Opening, welcome remarks, and scene-setting
- Introductions and Welcomes (10 minutes)
- Mr. Stefan Schweinfest, Director of United Nations Statistics Division
- Recap from Meeting 5 - 14 September 2023 on
Mapping Distributional Frameworks
- Tim Miller (UN-DESA) (5 minutes)
- Scene-setting - Composite Indices - the Big Questions
- Richard Heys (UK ONS) (15 minutes)
7:30 am - 8:15 am
Session 2| New developments in Composite Indices I
- Chair: Richard Heys
This session overviews the latest methodological developments and new indices
- Using Time to Weight a Wellbeing Index: Some Observations
- Leonard Nakamura, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (15 minutes)
- The World Development Challenges Report
- Khalid Abu Ismail (ESCWA) (15 minutes)
- Discussion (15 minutes)
8:15 am - 9:15 am
Session 3| New developments in Composite Indices II
- Chair: Richard Heys
This session continues to explore developments in Composite Indices, both in terms of methods but also application.
- The Social Progress Index
- Amit Kapoor, Institute for Competitiveness (India) (15 minutes)
- Inclusive Income in the UK
- Cliodhna Taylor, UK ONS (15 minutes)
- The Multidimensional Measurement of Poverty in Africa
- William Muhwava, UNECA (15 minutes)
- Discussion (15 minutes)
9:15 am - 9:30 am
Session 4| Summary Reflections (15 minutes)
- Chair: Richard Heys
9:30 am
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