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General/Overview Publications


Measuring Real Progress

  Ronald Colman, Ph.D., Journal of Innovative Management, 2001, 9 pages

   Full Report

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

Abstract Full Report

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

Abstract   Full Report

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

   Full Report

Miscellaneous Publications


The Costs and Benefits of Gaming - A Literature Review With Emphasis on Nova Scotia

October 2004, 279 pages, Author: Karen Hayward

Press Release   |    Summary   |   Full Report   |    Media Coverage

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

Full Report

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

Full Report

Impact of Job Casualization on Canadians

November 1999, 10 pages, Author: Ronald Colman, Ph.D

Abstract   |   Full Report

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

Abstract   |   Full Report

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

Abstract    |   Full Report

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

Abstract    |   Full Report

Costing Policy Change: A Case Study in Applying the GPI Cost Of Crime Methodology

March 2001, 16 pages, Author: Ronald Colman, Ph.D

Full Report

Economic Value of CAP Sites as Investments in Social Capital

January 2002, 82 pages, Author: Ronald Colman, Ph.D

Abstract   |   Full Report

Impact of CAP Sites on Volunteerism

March 2002, 22 pages, Author: Ronald Colman, Ph.D

Abstract    |    Full Report

Social Investment in New Brunswick

June 2000, 24 pages, Author: Mary Simpson

Full Report

 

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