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How's Life in Your Region?

Measuring Regional and Local Well-being for Policy Making

How’s life? The answer can depend on the region in which you live. Many factors that influence people’s well-being are local issues, such as employment, access to health services, pollution and security. Policies that take into account regional differences beyond national averages can therefore have a greater impact on improving well-being for the country as a whole. This report presents the OECD analytical framework for measuring well-being at the regional level, as well as internationally comparable indicators on 9 well-being dimensions for 362 regions across 34 OECD countries. It also sets out guidance for all levels of government in using well-being measures to better target policies at the specific needs of different communities. Drawing on a variety of practical experiences from OECD regions and cities, the report discusses methodological and political solutions for selecting regional well-being outcome indicators, monitoring the progress of regional well-being performance over time, and implementing a process of multi-stakeholder engagement to promote social change.

Published on October 06, 2014Also available in: French

In series:OECD Regional Development Studiesview more titles

SUMMARIESavailable in 25 languages

English How's Life in Your Region? (Summary in English)
French Comment va la vie dans votre région?
Spanish ¿Cómo va la vida en su región?
German Wie ist das Leben in Ihrer Region?
Japanese 地域別幸福度白書
Italian Com’è la vita nella tua regione?
Chinese 您所居住的地区的生活如何?
Czech Jak se žije ve vašem regionu?
Danish Hvordan er livet i din region?
Dutch Hoe is het leven waar jij bent?
Estonian Kuidas on elada teie regioonis?
Finnish Hvordan er livet i din region?
Greek Πώς είναι η ζωή στην περιφέρειά σου;
Hebrew איך החיים באזור שלך?
Hungarian Milyen az élet az Ön régiójában?
Icelandic Hvernig er lífið á svæði þínu?
Korean 지역에서 삶의 질은 어떠한가?
Norwegian Hvordan er livet i din region?
Polish Jak się mieszka w Twoim regionie?
Portuguese Como é a Vida na Sua Região?
Russian Какова жизнь в вашем регионе?
Slovak Aký je život vo vašom regióne?
Slovene Kakšno je življenje v vaši regiji?
Swedish Hur är livet i din region?
Turkish Bölgenizde Yaşam Nasıl?

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword and Acknowledgements
Reader's guide
Acronyms and abbreviations
Executive summary
A framework for measuring regional and local well-being
How to measure regional and local well-being
Using well-being measures to improve policy results in regions and cities
Using well-being indicators for policy making: Regional initiatives7 chapters available
Region of Southern Denmark (Denmark)
Province of Rome (Italy)
Region of Sardinia (Italy)
State of Morelos (Mexico)
Region of the North of the Netherlands (Netherlands)
City of Newcastle (United Kingdom)
US Partnership for Sustainable Communities (United States)
Regional well-being in OECD countries33 chapters available
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Chile
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
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