Good Local Economics

Taking the measurement of wellbeing

Ensuring the development industry takes account of its social and environmental impact will take a major cultural shift. That’s why nailing down a way to measure wellbeing is all-important, argues Ivan Tennant

A year has passed since the prime minster brought ‘wellbeing’ centre stage. Since then, there has been a flurry of activity at both the national level, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is busy developing a method of measurement, and the international, with the OECD producing in October 2011 their report entitled How’s Life that presents theirs.

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Kincluny: Scotland’s first sustainable village

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Is it time for the Social Enterprise Mark Company to become a mutual?

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Localism in Zambia

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This nightmare before Christmas can have a happy ending

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Father Time

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Withdrawal symptoms

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Apprenticeships – not dole

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The social face of local economic development

Managing demand for our public services cannot be served from the transformation of a service alone. Neither can it be served by hoping the problem will go away. Instead, we must tackle the inequality and economic conditions which give rise to high levels of social need in the first place. Economic development needs to get a social face.