How's Life in the Province of Córdoba, Argentina?

This report assesses well-being in the four largest urban agglomerations of the province of Córdoba and provides policy recommendations to strengthen regional development practices, and ultimately improve people’s well-being. Using around 30 statistical indicators, the report analyses the performance of Córdoba’s agglomerations in 12 well-being dimensions in comparison with 391 regions of 36 OECD countries and 98 regions of Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Costa Rica. The report also documents the well-being inequalities between Córdoba’s four agglomerations and suggests three priorities areas which the province should focus on to tackle well-being challenges: i) Ensure that well-being indicators guide future decision-making; ii) Continue strengthening and modernising the provincial statistical system to expand the evidence-base; and, iii) Strengthen governance arrangements for more effective, efficient and inclusive regional development policy outcomes.
Also available in: Spanish
Why measure well-being in Cordoba?
This chapter discusses the need to assess people’s well-being at the regional and local level and the importance of well-being metrics in improving the impact of well-being policies. It also introduces the multidimensional framework the OECD has developed to measure well-being in regions and cities. It then discusses roles and responsibilities of the province of Córdoba in well-being policies, the resources the province devotes to fulfil those responsibilities and the province’s institutional capacity to develop metrics that will help make its well-being policies more effective and efficient. Lastly, it explains the process of developing a well-being indicator framework in Córdoba.
Also available in: Spanish