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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. This book reveals some of the missed opportunities for pursuing alternative models.

Table of Contents

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

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 06/04/2004
      ISBN13: 9780253216748, 978-0253216748
      ISBN10: 0253216745

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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. This book reveals some of the missed opportunities for pursuing alternative models.

      Table of Contents

      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

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