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Michael Ward

Quantifying the World

UN Ideas and Statistics

Michael Ward

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Indiana University Press
06 April 2004
Humanities; International relations
Series: United Nations Intellectual History Project Series
Good data, Michael Ward argues, serve to enhance a perception about life as well as to deepen an understanding of reality. This history of the UN's role in fostering international statistics in the post-war period demonstrates how statistics have shaped our understanding of the world. Drawing on well over 40 years of experience working as a statistician and economist in more than two dozen countries around the world, Ward traces the evolution of statistical ideas and how they have responded to the needs of policy while unravelling the question of why certain data were considered important and why other data and concerns were not. The book explores the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of the UN's statistical work and how each dimension has provided opportunities for describing the well-being of the world community. Quantifying the World also reveals some of the missed opportunities for pursuing alternative models.
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Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   499g
ISBN:   9780253216748
ISBN 10:   0253216745
Series:   United Nations Intellectual History Project Series
Pages:   253
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
List of Boxes, Tables, Charts, and Figures Foreword Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. Weiss Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Prologue 1. Ideas and Statistics: An Introduction 2. The Economic Dimension 3. The Social Dimension 4. The Environmental Dimension 5. Other Statistical Dimensions Epilogue: Success, Missed Opportunities, and the Continuing Agenda in Statistics Appendix: ILO Special Topics Notes Index About the Author About the UN Intellectual History Project

Michael Ward graduated with combined honors in economics and statistics from the University of Exeter and with an M.A. from the University of Cambridge. His first appointment was as an official statistician in Central Africa, where he acquired the basics of the craft of data collection in the field. He is past Director of Studies in Economics and Dean of Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, and a former Principal Economist in Operations (Southeast Asia) and Policy at the World Bank. Mr. Ward has authored many articles and official reports in both applied economics and statistics and has published several books. In 1999, in Helsinki, he was awarded the Henry Methorst Medal of the International Statistical Institute for ""outstanding contributions to international statistics."" In 2000, he was elected Chair of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth and currently serves on its Council. He is also on the Statistical Advisory Panel for the Human Development Report.

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