Książka Quantifying the World Michael Ward

Quantifying the World

UN Ideas and Statistics

Autor: Michael Ward
Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Miękka
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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Good data, Michael Ward argues, serve to enhance a perception about life as well as to deepen an und...

Informacje o książce

Autor
Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Miękka
Data wydania
2004
strony
253
EAN
9780253216748
ISBN
0253216745
Enbook ID
04870722
Waga
502
Wymiary
155 x 236 x 17

Pełny opis

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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