Academy of Social Sciences in Australia

Occasional Paper 2000 Number 1

Facts and fancies of human development

Ian Castles

February 2000

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Introduction

This Occasional Paper presents the proceedings of the 1999 annual Symposium of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the associated Cunningham Lecture.

The Symposium and the Lecture focused on various aspects of the measurement and analysis of human development, especially in developing countries. Special attention was paid to the challenges faced by national and international statistical agencies in providing sound statistics for informed decision-making.

The Academy is indebted to the Australian Bureau of Statistics for its generous support of a meeting which brought together the rich intellectual traditions of demography, economics, economic history and statistics; and to the speakers, most of whom have combined distinguished careers in academia with a wealth of practical experience as advisors to governments and international organisations.

Contibutors
Garry Barrett
Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of New South Wales.
John C Caldwell, FASSA
Emeritus Professor of Demography and Coordinator, Health Transition Centre, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University.
Ian Castles, FASSA
Vice President, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
Tom Crossley
Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University.
David Henderson
Visiting Fellow, Melbourne Business School.
Helen Hughes, FASSA
Senior Fellow, Centre for Independent Studies.
Gavin Jones, FASSA
Head, Division of Demography and Sociology, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University.
Angus Maddison
Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Economics, and Associate, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
Marion McEwin
Head, Social Statistics Branch, Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Christopher Worswick
Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne.

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