Measurement
Measurement is the numerical quantification of the attributes of an object or event, which can be used to compare with other objects or events. The scope and application of measurement are dependent on the context and discipline. In natural sciences and engineering, measurements do not apply to nominal properties of objects or events, which is consistent with the guidelines of the International vocabulary of metrology published by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. However, in other fields such as statistics as well as the social and behavioural sciences, measurements can have multiple levels, which would include nominal, ordinal, interval …
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World Bank Group · 31 October 2024 English
In fiscal year 2024 (FY24), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) issued a record $8.2 billion in new guarantees across 40 projects. Through these projects,MIGA remained focused on encouraging private …
MIGA-guaranteed projects. IMPACT FRAMEWORK The Impact Measurement and Project Assessment Comparison Tool (IMPACT) … framework complements MIGA’s broader results measurement system. IMPACT has the following objectives: … impact. Align with IFC’s Anticipated Impact Measurement and Monitoring (AIMM) framework and coordinate … will launch an updated platform for a Results Measurement System to capture results indicator data. MIGA … the wider MDB community to standardize the measurement and reporting of climate results through common …
World Bank Group · 31 October 2024 English
are rising globally, heatwaves remain a "hidden hazard" whose impacts are underrecognized due to measurement and valuation challenges. Cities in India are developing Heat Action Plans that combine physical …
hazard” whose impacts are underrecognized due to measurement and valuation challenges. Cities in India are …
World Bank Group · 31 October 2024
are rising globally, heatwaves remain a "hidden hazard" whose impacts are underrecognized due to measurement and valuation challenges. Cities in India are developing Heat Action Plans that combine physical …
ADB: Asian Development Bank · 31 October 2024 English
The inaugural Asia-Pacific Climate Report offers an overview of the region’s evolving climate landscape, up-to-date public perceptions, and key areas for policy responses.
post-trade registries; (iv) ensure accurate measurement of international carbon allowances to mitigate …
Urban Institute · 31 October 2024 English
To design policies that ensure justice for all, we need tools for estimating not just a proposal's price tag but its fairness. Part of a set of demonstration analyses that …
osts-tax-credit. 8 Gregory Acs, “A Better Measurement of Inflation Doesn’t Mean a Better Measure of …
AEI: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · 31 October 2024 English
Risk management practice, on which current AI governance and regulation are based, differs substantially from managing in the face of uncertainty. Generative pretrained AI applications are complex and dynamic, with …
reported annually since 2017, to assist in this measurement process.79 These tests have become de facto … generally immature state of the science of AI measurement and safety today.81 This document focuses on …
Urban Institute · 31 October 2024 English
As of October 2024, three states (New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington) were implementing a new policy that retains children in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) up until …
MACPAC, April 2021. 23 “HEDIS and Performance Measurement,” NCQA, accessed October 29, 2024, https://www …
World Bank Group · 31 October 2024 English
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, learning poverty, defined as the share of children younger than 10 years of age who have not achieved minimum reading proficiency, as adjusted by the proportion …
xxviii Boxes Box 1.1. Key Concepts in Learning Measurement 4 Box 1.2. What Is Systems Thinking? 8 Box … �����������������������������������������82 Measurement 85 Equity 86 Support for Teaching Career Framework … system alignment and capacity, teaching, and measurement of learning. With the Commitment to Action, … port has been more strategically focused on measurement in primary grades. Nevertheless, the World Bank … only at the 0.1 level. The lower frequency in measurement of learning compared with outputs of the learning …
Ithaka S+R · 31 October 2024 English
This report by Ithaka S+R examines the potential transformative effects of generative AI on the scholarly publishing industry, analyzing whether it could lead to a 'third transformation' in this sector. …
been accessed and by what means, there is no measurement of prolonged engagement with a resource. As …
World Bank Group · 31 October 2024 English
Sierra Leone’s economic growth in 2023 surprised on the upside, reaching 5.7 percent, but the economy is projected to slow in 2024. While repeated spending overruns have cast doubt on …
rebasing GDP, the government has updated its GDP measurement methodology to the System of National Accounts …
