Latest Public Sector News

24.04.12

A wealth of wellbeing

Oxfam’s new Humankind Index offers an ‘improved’ measure of wellbeing, compared to traditional measures of GDP. But are these measures radically different and better than Cameron’s ‘happiness agenda’?

There are so many different ways to measure quality of life, and without a standard definition for what this even means, it can be difficult to arrive at the best practice for evaluating this.

These are also simply prerequisites for the real work; influencing policy to reflect what the public want and what would improve their collective wellbeing.

With the rise of scientific evidence to support the importance of happiness, the concept of prioritising wellbeing over simplistic variables such as economic success, is gaining credence.

Yet there is still much to be done to align these different streams of research to highlight what exactly we want to measure, how to best gather evidence for this, and how to turn this from theory into practice.

Comments

There are no comments. Why not be the first?

Add your comment

public sector executive tv

more videos >

last word

Prevention: Investing for the future

Prevention: Investing for the future

Rob Whiteman, CEO at the Chartered Institute of Public Finance (CIPFA), discusses the benefits of long-term preventative investment. Rising demand, reducing resource – this has been the r more > more last word articles >

public sector focus

View all News

comment

Peter Kyle MP: It’s time to say thank you this Public Service Day

21/06/2019Peter Kyle MP: It’s time to say thank you this Public Service Day

Taking time to say thank you is one of the hidden pillars of a society. Bei... more >
How community-led initiatives can help save the housing shortage

19/06/2019How community-led initiatives can help save the housing shortage

Tom Chance, director at the National Community Land Trust Network, argues t... more >

interviews

Artificial intelligence: the devil is in the data

17/12/2018Artificial intelligence: the devil is in the data

It’s no secret that the public sector and its service providers need ... more >