11. Quantitative indicators reveal only part of the problem.

What we do in the lab is actually measure directly, in a quantitative fashion, what is the impact of video games on the brain.

In a recent interview with Evgeny Voropai of Social Technologies Greenhouse, Sergey Skorobogadov, head of Podari Derevo.rf (Give a Tree.rf) explained how a socially conscious project can bring a profit and how quantitative indicators can stimulate activity in people.

But there are strong quantitative parallels as well.

Higher capital ratios, lower exposure to bad loans, and more transparent balance sheets increase the chances that the ECB s quantitative impulses will be transmitted to the wider economy.

Performance measures

Performance measures

These are early days in the quantitative study of sustainable development.

And I suspect most geneticists don't understand it either, but they produce the numbers.

Still, even if other world leaders conclude that they cannot support numerical targets, they must recognize the pain that the US is suffering in the name of free trade.

Indicators for the eurozone are even worse.

What actually goes up?

Coastal countries tend to outperform landlocked countries. Countries with high levels of malaria tend to endure slower growth than countries with lower levels of malaria.

Coastal countries tend to outperform landlocked countries.

Health and economic performance are interrelated. Infant mortality, child mortality, and life expectancy all correlate with rising income.

Even Germany is performing better.

Average Annual Growth Rates (per cent per annum)

But this metric is very deceptive.

Indicators and correlations are easier to demonstrate.

But other social indicators are unimpressive.

Indicators for manufacturing and services have improved moderately.

Now consider their economic performance.

Let me make a comparison directly between the United States of America and Vietnam.

You're doing worse. Frown.

Europe s Pointless Deficit Targets?

Greece has boosted those numbers recently.

Other indicators, however, paint a different picture.

(a) Under Indicators of achievement

(b) Under Indicators of achievement

Add new indicators of achievement as follows

His numbers at international tournament level are awesome.

And that hasn't changed at all.

The ensuing currency battles are being fought on several fronts foreign exchange intervention, quantitative easing, and capital controls on inflows.

India's Economic Performance 1868 2000

In fact, what we've found is that every single business outcome improves.

Why has Germany performed so badly?

Better unemployment figures will be required, no doubt.

India has recorded similar rates for the last decade.

But some indicators still have the Fed concerned.

Vacancy rates and staffing

A few examples are given in the table to the right.

Moreover, 16 million jobs have been created over the last 10 years a record more successful than even the US.

Like quantitative work on the RuNet, this project does map the blogosphere of the Russian North Caucasus, but its methodology is qualitative and interpretive.

Nor have health indicators kept up with income growth.

These indicators are symptomatic of a general pattern of discrimination.