Hello, glad you could join us for the Wikiprogress week in review - a handful of headlines that have caught our eyes over the last week. You can find all news articles and blog posts on the progress community in the Wikiprogress Community Portal.
On data
Global corruption index reflects Arab Spring Unrest (Reuters 30.12.2011)
The 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index released this week found that levels of awareness of corruption have risen significantly for Arab nations involved in the uprisings. One of the leading nations involved in the Arab Spring, Tunisia, fell to 73rd place from 59th last year.
See more and download the 2011 CPI
On happiness
Happiness Index: how happy are you - and David Cameron? (Guardian data blog 01.12.2011)
The Office of National Statistics in the UK has released findings of a national consultation established as part of David Cameron’s Happiness Index. The findings show 76% of adults in Great Britain rated their own life satisfaction, with a score of 7 or more out of 10.
See more and contribute to the Wikiprogress article on Happiness
On gender equality
Busan skirts gender equality (IPS 01.12.2011)
The 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness held in Busan this week has been criticised by gender champions from around the world for the lack of inclusion of key gender equality issues in the Forum’s outcomes document. Although a Joint Busan Action Plan on Gender Equality and Development is one of the outcomes of the conference, it is considered to be limited.
See more highlights from the Busan conference in the Wikigender Community Portal
On progress in Australia
Measuring well-being is still in the too hard basket (Sydney Morning Herald 30.11.2011)
Over the past few years the global progress movement has gathered momentum as broader indicators of well-being has become an increasingly popular topic. In Australia, Measures of Australia’s Progress (MAP) is at the forefront of this movement with their work on measuring national well-being and determining whether or not life in Australia is getting better.
See more and contribute to the Wikiprogress article on Measures of Australia’s Progress
In the Spotlight: 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
That’s all from us this week. We hope you tune in the same time next week. In the meantime, if anything interesting passes your desk that you would like to see in the next Wikiprogress week in review, please tweet it to us @Wikiprogress or post it on our Facebook page.
Yours in Progress,
Philippa Lysaght
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