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IPS246 Oscar Gasca Brito

The OECD approach: The case of Mexico
Oscar Gasca Brito
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía, Aguascalientes, México

Abstract
The OECD initiative, to measure well-being, compiles internationally
comparable indicators on welfare for the first time according to the
recommendations made by the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission in 2009. 11
specific aspects of well-being are evaluated such as housing, income,
employment, community, education, the environment, civic commitment,
health, life satisfaction, safety, work balance - personal and two transversals
aspects: sustainability and inequalities. The objective is to develop new
measures to assess well-being and therefore it is recognized that the well-
being of the population is not limited to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or
economic indicators. Within the framework of this activity, the OECD launched,
in 2014, the Regional Wellbeing Measurement project, which consists of a set
of indicators of well-being and an analysis thereof, which allows su a better
understanding of trends and of the welfare drivers in the 362 regions of the
OECD member countries. From this initiative, the National Institute of Statistics
and Geography of Mexico (INEGI) has developed a website (Site of Indicators
of Wellbeing by Federal Entity) where there are twelve topics that cover
material housing conditions and quality of life to measure the welfare of the
31 Mexican states and Mexico City. In this presentation, the experience of
Mexico will be developed in the integration and application of the OECD
welfare indicators as well as the main results found at the subnational level. By
way of conclusion, we will also see the main challenges that the country has
to reduce the disparities observed, this proposal of the OECD has the
advantage of demonstrate how these indicators can be included in the design,
and implementation of policies at all levels of government to improve the life
of the people.

Keywords
Wellbeing; territorial indicator; Mexico; regions

1. Introduction
Can GDP growth measure the well-being of a population? Are economic
indicators alone enough to analyze the progress of a nation or is it just one
face of the coin? In a global context in crisis, in 2008, the President of France
instructed JP Fitoussi, S.Stiglitz and A. Sen to establish a commission on the

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