Research Catalog

Title

Handbook on Constructing Composite Indicators [electronic resource]: Methodology and User Guide / Michela Nardo ... [et al]

Publication

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2005.

Details

Additional Authors

• Nardo, Michela.
• Saisana, Michaela.
• Saltelli, Andrea.
• Tarantola, Stefano.
• Hoffman, Anders.
• Giovannini, Enrico.

Description

109 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.

Summary

This Handbook aims to provide a guide for constructing and using composite indicators for policy makers, academics, the media and other interested parties. While there are several types of composite indicators, this Handbook is concerned with those which compare and rank country performance in areas such as industrial competitiveness, sustainable development, globalisation and innovation. The Handbook aims to contribute to a better understanding of the complexity of composite indicators and to an improvement of the techniques currently used to build them. In particular, it contains a set of technical guidelines that can help constructors of composite indicators to improve the quality of their outputs. It has been prepared jointly by the OECD (the Statistics Directorate and the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry) and the Applied Statistics and Econometrics Unit of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Ispra, Italy. Primary authors from the JRC are Michela Nardo, Michaela Saisana, Andrea Saltelli and Stefano Tarantola. Primary authors from the OECD are Anders Hoffmann and Enrico Giovannini. Editorial assistance was provided by Candice Stevens, Gunseli Baygan and Karsten Olsen. The research is partly funded by the European Commission, Research Directorate, under the project KEI (Knowledge Economy Indicators), Contract FP6 No. 502529. In the OECD context, the work has benefitted from a grant from the Danish government. The views expressed are those of the authors and should not be regarded as stating an official position of either the European Commission or the OECD.

Series Statement

OECD Statistics Working Papers, 1815-2031 ; no.2005/03

Uniform Title

OECD Statistics Working Papers, no.2005/03.

Subject

Economics

LCCN

10.1787/533411815016

OCLC

oecd-lib-001825

Title

Handbook on Constructing Composite Indicators [electronic resource]: Methodology and User Guide / Michela Nardo ... [et al]

Imprint

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2005.

Series

OECD Statistics Working Papers, 1815-2031 ; no.2005/03

OECD Statistics Working Papers, 1815-2031 ; no.2005/03.

Connect to:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/533411815016

Indexed Term

Economics

Added Author

Nardo, Michela.

Saisana, Michaela.

Saltelli, Andrea.

Tarantola, Stefano.

Hoffman, Anders.

Giovannini, Enrico.

Other Standard Identifier

10.1787/533411815016 doi