Search for: [Abstrakt = "In order to measure and monitor a country’s well\-being and progress, a particular path has to be followed, leading from concept to measure, to interpretation. The process requires\: \(a\) defining the concepts to measure and monitor and their conceptual dimensions, together with the ambits \(domains\) in which the concepts are observed and monitored\; \(b\) developing\/selecting indicators\; this requires the identification also of the appropriate techniques aimed at their synthesis\; \(c\) defining the perspectives through which the indicators should be observed and the consistent organization of the monitoring process\; \(d\) defining the interpretative\/explanatory models, which actually link the obtained results to the previously defined concept. The widely accepted main concepts defining the progress of a country \(or community\) are the well\-being of individuals \(quality of life\), its fair distribution \(equity\), and sustainable promotion \(sustainability\). The paper aims at \(a\) clarifying different issues concerning the well\-being of societies by providing a conceptual instrument allowing anyone to orient themselves among all the emerging proposals and to distinguish between serious and propagandistic ones\; \(b\) unravelling the primary methodological aspects and issues that should be considered in constructing indicators"]
