Putting well being metrics into policy action, Federico Bonaglia
- 1. Federico Bonaglia Deputy Director, OECD Development Centre October 2019 Using multi-dimensional well-being indicators to align national development strategies and international cooperation
- 2. The need of adapting the well-being framework to developing countries A key challenge is to “universalise” the well-being framework and to define appropriate indicators that capture developing countries’ realities. Important dimensions for developing countries are: Informality and vulnerable jobs Savings and assets Skills Social connections
- 3. Testing the well-being framework in developing countries: the case of the MDCRs GNI per capita Feeling about household income Poverty rate Employment to population ratio Unemployment Vulnerable employment Improved sanitation facilities Satisfaction with housing Satisfaction with the roads Change in forest area PM2.5 emissions Satisfaction with water quality Mean years of schooling Adult literacy rate Satisfaction with education system Life expectancy Child mortality rate Satisfaction with health care Intentional homicides Feeling of safety Social protection coverage Has someone to count on to help Corruption index Corruption is widespread throughout the government Voicing opinion to official Life satisfaction Positive experience index Negative experience index Consumption possibilities Work Housing and infrastructure Environment Education and skills Health Vulnerability Social connections Empowerment Life satisfaction The Multi-dimensional Country Reviews are an example of taking the well-being framework into action. The well-being wheel shows the observed values for each indicator (bars) and the expected values (grey circle) based on the country’s level of GDP per capita. Figure 1. Current and expected well-being outcomes for Paraguay: Worldwide comparison
- 4. Going beyond GDP: development is not just about income -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 Income level Correlation coefficient (standard deviation) 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 Income level Coefficient Confidenceinterval The relationship between GDP and well-being weakens as countries grow The relationship between education and well-being strengthens as countries grow Source: Latin American Economic Outlook 2019 (OECD et al., 2019)
- 5. 5 There are important cross-country disparities in well-being outcomes at a given level of income Source: Latin American Economic Outlook 2019 (OECD et al., 2019) World average MAX LAC MIN LAC LAC average 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 High-income Upper middle- income Lower middle- income % of total employment Vulnerable employment, 2017 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 High-income Upper middle- income Lower middle- income Gini index, 2016
- 6. Well-being in Latin America & the Caribbean: towards better metrics to achieve the SDGs
- 7. Source: Latin American Economic Outlook 2019. Bridging statisticians and policy planners: the case of Latin America Intensity of specific topics in development plans in Latin America and the Caribbean
- 8. The relevance of the well-being framework for international cooperation: Development in Transition International cooperation as a facilitator Working inclusively Engaging countries at all development levels on equal footing as peers, to build and participate in multilateral and multi-stakeholders partnerships. Building domestic capacities Strengthening countries’ capacities to design, implement and evaluate their own development plans and encouraging the alignment between domestic and international priorities. Operating with more tools and actors Expanding instruments for greater international co- operation (knowledge sharing, policy dialogue, capacity building, technology transfers).
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