Indicators of Progress: A discussion of approaches to monitor the Government’s strategy to tackle poverty and social exclusion

This report is a summary of a joint CASE/DSS workshop that discussed indicators tomonitor the GovernmentÕs strategy to tackle poverty and social exclusion. Held on19 July 2000, the day was comprised of a series of talks from academics, people fromnon-governmental organisations and officials, followed by discussion. The workshopwas organised to discuss, and promote expert debate on, the pros and cons ofdifferent approaches to monitoring poverty and social exclusion. It was split intothree sessions covering measurement of income poverty and deprivation, wideraspects of social exclusion and overall approaches to monitoring success, andprimarily focussed on child poverty. Around 50 people attended the workshop.Most of the speakers have kindly produced papers of their talks. DSS and CASE donot necessarily share the views they have expressed. The workshop predated thesecond Opportunity for All report and therefore some of the papers may not reflectdevelopments within it Ð or work that is currently being developed on, for example,the health inequalities indicator.[...]