General/Overview Publications
Measuring Real Progress
Ronald Colman, Ph.D., Journal of Innovative Management, 2001, 9 pages
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Measuring Sustainable Development: A Nova Scotia Pilot Study
Paper presented to the Centre for the Study of Living Standards Conference on the State of Living Standards and the Quality of Life in Canada.
October 1998, 16 pages
Authors: Hans Messinger & Ronald Colman, Ph.D
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Measuring Sustainable Development: The Nova Scotia Genuine Progress Index: Framework, Indicators and Methodologies
The original project plan for the Nova Scotia Genuine Progress Index (GPI), detailing the proposed goals, framework, principles, components, indicators, methodologies and data sources for the GPI.
January 1998, 106 pages, ISBN 0-9731035-0-7
Author: Ronald Colman, Ph.D
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Application of the Genuine Progress Index to Nova Scotia: Progress Report & Future Directions
Background Documentation for Inter-Departmental Consultation on the proposed Nova Scotia Index of Sustainable Development, co-sponsored by Statistics Canada, Nova Scotia Department of Economic Development and Tourism, Nova Scotia Department of the Environment, A.C.O.A. and GPI Atlantic.
January 1998, 105 pages
Author: Ronald Colman, Ph.D
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Miscellaneous Publications
The Costs and Benefits of Gaming - A Literature Review With Emphasis on Nova Scotia
October 2004, 279 pages, Author: Karen Hayward
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A Profile of Rural Nova Scotia
Results from several GPI reports, including (Soils, Forests, Fisheries, and Costs of Crime) are prominently featured in this report prepared by the Federal Government's Rural Secretariat.
January 2005, 122 pages, Author: Jean Lambert, Research and Analysis, Rural Secretariat, Atlantic Region
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Crude Co$ts: A Framework for a Full-Cost Accounting Analysis of Oil and Gas Exploration off Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
A full-cost study of the Cape Breton inshore oil and gas exploration issue commissioned by the Save Our Sea (Shore) coalition.
December 2001, 156 pages, Authors: Laura Landon & Linda Pannozzo
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Impact of Job Casualization on Canadians
November 1999, 10 pages, Author: Ronald Colman, Ph.D
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Nova Scotia in the New Millennium
A critical examination of the legacy we are leaving our children in the new millennium drawing on models from some European countries to propose concrete and practical steps forward for this province, and presenting illustrative results from several
GPI reports.
June 1999, 34 pages, Author: Ronald Colman, Ph.D
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Gender Equality in the Genuine Progress Index
Synthesis Paper prepared for the Made to Measure Conference organized by the Maritime Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, Halifax, October, 1999
October 1999, 16 pages, Author: Ronald Colman, Ph.D
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A Practical Model for Voluntary Work Time Reduction: Proposal to the Nova Scotia Government
November 1999, 32 pages, Authors: Ronald Colman, Ph.D & Anders Hayden
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Costing Policy Change: A Case Study in Applying the GPI Cost Of Crime Methodology
March 2001, 16 pages, Author: Ronald Colman, Ph.D
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Economic Value of CAP Sites as Investments in Social Capital
January 2002, 82 pages, Author: Ronald Colman, Ph.D
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Impact of CAP Sites on Volunteerism
March 2002, 22 pages, Author: Ronald Colman, Ph.D
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Social Investment in New Brunswick
June 2000, 24 pages, Author: Mary Simpson
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