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Community Indicators economics blog. Learn about the art and science of community indicators and building a network of interested people.
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Measuring Poverty: A Preview

Aug 20, 2008
In preparation for Blog Action Day, and with a nudge from a piece I read by The Numbers Guy, I thought I'd talk about measuring poverty.

Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty

Aug 15, 2008
Last year we participated in Blog Action Day. We will be doing so again this year on October 15. The topic for 2008 is Poverty. Here's more information if you would like to get involved:

Indicators on Balloons: Un-missable Data Display

Jul 16, 2008
Aerophile.com has proposed a new way of displaying data in real time for community benefit. They're putting air pollution data up in the air so that people can see it from 20 kilometers away.

Data Quality Campaign Update

Nov 24, 2009
Here's a press release updating the latest survey results from the Data Quality Campaign. I thought you might be interested and want to get involved on your state level pushing for better data quality. Each year, the Data Quality Campaign (DQC)...

PolicyMap Releases New Widget

Nov 10, 2009
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Introducing the PolicyMap 'Widget'! <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- PolicyMap.com, a national...

Londrina, Brazil and Using Community Indicators for Transformation

Nov 6, 2009
Tuesday this week I met with representatives of the Fórum Desenvolve Londrina (roughly the Londrina, Brazil Development Forum). Londrina is a city of about a half-million people in the state of Paraná, Brazil.We had gone down to Paraná a few years...

Richmond, Indiana Using Community Indicators for Community Discussion

Nov 6, 2009
Check out this report from the Palladium-Item (which is one of the odder names for a local newspaper I've ever seen) about the RICHMOND INDICATORS: A Community and Economic Benchmark Report (PDF). They're hosting a televised program with interactive...

Request for Comments: Healthy People Objectives

Nov 2, 2009
Thought you might appreciate this opportunity to give feedback -- Message from Dr. William Thompson regarding the US Department of Health and Human Services' Healthy People objectives: Dear All, Every 10 years, the U.S. Department of Health and...

Measuring Poverty: A Preview


Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty



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