OECD 'to go beyond GDP' to measure well-being

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PARIS (AFP) — The OECD said Monday that it would help develop and publish a survey of social progress aimed at improving policy making and the well-being of people around the world.

"The OECD is to work with other international organisations and partners to develop a new approach to measuring how societies are changing," a statement said.

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development statement followed the group's second global forum on statistics, knowledge and policy, held over the weekend in Istanbul.

The Paris-based organisation said it would work with the European Commission, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, the United Nations, the UN Development Programme and the World Bank on new surveys.

The organisations declared at...