Book Chapter10.4337/9781800886315.00014
References
Stephen Morse
- 13 Oct 2023
TL;DR: The book explores the statistical necessity of ranking nations based on various factors, including human development, environmental performance and corruption.
read more
Abstract: This engaging book assesses the statistical need for using particular ranking systems to compare the status of nations. With an overarching focus on human development, environmental performance and corruption, it carefully maps out some of the main processes associated with the ranking of countries.
read more
Chat with Paper
AI Agents for this Paper
Find similar papers on Google Scholar, PubMed and Arxiv
Write a critical review of this paper
Analyze citations of this paper to find unaddressed research gaps
References
Sustainability indicator system and policy processes in Malaysia: a framework for utilisation and learning.
TL;DR: This paper ascribes the limited achievement of national sustainability assessment in Malaysia to four types of constraints: meta-policy issues; technical capacities; communication concerns; and the inherent knowledge gaps within the indicator developer community vis-a-vis their theoretical limitations.
Human Development Index—Revisited: Integration of Human Values
Hemant Sharma,Dhirendra Sharma +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the concept of Human Development Index (HDI) has been revisited so as to integrate the human values using the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) measured by Transparency Inte...
Media coverage of sustainable development issues – attention cycles or punctuated equilibrium?
Diane Holt,Ralf Barkemeyer +1 more
TL;DR: The authors explored the increasing coverage and awareness of sustainability concepts, and considered parallels with the concepts of punctuated equilibrium and issue-attention cycles, and found that sustainability related concepts within the media, as illustrated by a sample of 112 worldwide newspapers, shows a clear upward trajectory.
The use, non-use and misuse of indicators in sustainability assessment and communication
TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive typology summarising different forms of sustainability indicator usage, namely use, non-use and misuse, is proposed to identify potential positive or negative side effects of indicator usage.
Insights from ‘policy learning’ on how to enhance the use of evidence by policymakers
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use the policy-oriented learning literature to provide practical insights on how to enhance the use of evidence by policymakers, and present four steps to understand and respond to policy learning.