“In life what gets measured gets managed”. Hence, measuring or sizing of any problem is the essential first step in tackling it. Measurement not only allows one to compare present situation with past, but also facilitates setting up targets for future. It also indicates where we stand relative to other.

Best measures are not always the most popular. Success of a measure depends on many factors – from its simplicity to politics of it. It’s wise to know these underlining nuances. Data are indispensable for a researcher, development practitioner, or management professional. But this training provides the critical aptitude to go beyond data—understand the intentions behind the data and their immediate consequences.

This workshop deals with both the conceptual and practical issues in measuring development. It considers different measures of development: poverty, inequality, inclusion, quality of life, human development, gender development, among others. It provides clues, among alternative competing measures, to decide which is a better measure. The workshop explores the policy implications of measures, and further improvement in measures to achieve development with a human face in an environmentally benign manner.