Two Years After Stiglitze-Sen-Fitoussi Report
CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY FRANCE AND THE OECD
12 October 2011
OECD Conference Centre, Paris
9:00-10:00 Introductory Session
Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Minister for Ecology, Sustainable development, Transport and Housing
Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General: “New Measures Towards Better Policies for Better Lives”
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor, Columbia University: “Our Recommendations are More Relevant than Ever”
10:15-12:15 Towards New Well-Being and Sustainability Measures
This session will focus on making an inventory of the initiatives taken by National Statistical Offices of main economies and International Organisations in response to the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission’s report.
Chair: Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Emeritus Professor, IEP Paris
Presentation of the OECD’s “How’s Life” report on well-being indicators for OECD countries and some emerging countries (Martine Durand, Chief Statistician, OECD)
Presentation of the report of the Sponsorship group on measuring progress, well-being and sustainable development (Jean Philippe Cotis, Director General, INSEE)
Presentation of national initiatives by:
Eduardo Pereira Nunes, former President of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and Professor at PUC-Rio University
Ki-Jong Woo, Commissioner, Statistics Korea
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 New Measures and Public Policies
This session will focus on the role of new measures in designing public policies.
Chair: Angus Deaton, Professor, Princeton University
David Halpern, Head, Behavioural Insight Team, Prime Minister’s Office, United Kingdom
Shuzo Nishimura, Director General, National Institute for Population and Social Security Research, Japan
Christoph M. Schmidt, Member of the German Council of Economic Experts
Ben Gleisner, Head, Living Standards Project Team, The Treasury, New Zealand
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:15 Measuring Well-Being in Developing Countries
This session will focus on well-being measures in developing countries.
Chair: François Bourguignon, Director of Paris School of Economics
Paul Cheung, Director, United Nations Statistical Division
Ahmed Lahlimi Alami, High Commissioner, Moroccan High Planning Commission
Hernando José Gómez, Director, National Planning Department, Colombia
Sabina Alkire, Director, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and Scientific Counsellor, Centre of Bhutan studies
Carlos Alvarez, Deputy Director, OECD Development Centre
17:15-17:30 Address by François Baroin, Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry: “Anchoring New Well-Being and Sustainability Measures”
17:30-18:15 Conclusions: Roundtable
Chair: Enrico Giovannini, President, Italian National Institute of Statistics
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor, Columbia University
Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Emeritus Professor, IEP, Paris
Pier Carlo Padoan, Deputy Secretary-General and Chief Economist, OECD
Walter Radermacher, Director General, Eurostat
18:15 Cocktail
CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY FRANCE AND THE OECD
12 October 2011
OECD Conference Centre, Paris
9:00-10:00 Introductory Session
Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Minister for Ecology, Sustainable development, Transport and Housing
Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General: “New Measures Towards Better Policies for Better Lives”
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor, Columbia University: “Our Recommendations are More Relevant than Ever”
10:15-12:15 Towards New Well-Being and Sustainability Measures
This session will focus on making an inventory of the initiatives taken by National Statistical Offices of main economies and International Organisations in response to the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission’s report.
Chair: Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Emeritus Professor, IEP Paris
Presentation of the OECD’s “How’s Life” report on well-being indicators for OECD countries and some emerging countries (Martine Durand, Chief Statistician, OECD)
Presentation of the report of the Sponsorship group on measuring progress, well-being and sustainable development (Jean Philippe Cotis, Director General, INSEE)
Presentation of national initiatives by:
Eduardo Pereira Nunes, former President of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and Professor at PUC-Rio University
Ki-Jong Woo, Commissioner, Statistics Korea
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 New Measures and Public Policies
This session will focus on the role of new measures in designing public policies.
Chair: Angus Deaton, Professor, Princeton University
David Halpern, Head, Behavioural Insight Team, Prime Minister’s Office, United Kingdom
Shuzo Nishimura, Director General, National Institute for Population and Social Security Research, Japan
Christoph M. Schmidt, Member of the German Council of Economic Experts
Ben Gleisner, Head, Living Standards Project Team, The Treasury, New Zealand
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:15 Measuring Well-Being in Developing Countries
This session will focus on well-being measures in developing countries.
Chair: François Bourguignon, Director of Paris School of Economics
Paul Cheung, Director, United Nations Statistical Division
Ahmed Lahlimi Alami, High Commissioner, Moroccan High Planning Commission
Hernando José Gómez, Director, National Planning Department, Colombia
Sabina Alkire, Director, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and Scientific Counsellor, Centre of Bhutan studies
Carlos Alvarez, Deputy Director, OECD Development Centre
17:15-17:30 Address by François Baroin, Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry: “Anchoring New Well-Being and Sustainability Measures”
17:30-18:15 Conclusions: Roundtable
Chair: Enrico Giovannini, President, Italian National Institute of Statistics
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor, Columbia University
Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Emeritus Professor, IEP, Paris
Pier Carlo Padoan, Deputy Secretary-General and Chief Economist, OECD
Walter Radermacher, Director General, Eurostat
18:15 Cocktail
