Yet there seems to be no way of measuring whether that's being done, Walker says.
Poor and marginalised communities must have a say in measuring whether poverty-reduction measures are working.
For instance, the F.D.A. had no way of measuring whether Vioxx, a popular painkiller manufactured by Merck, caused heart problems.
Now, the retailer is doing something that's arguably just as noteworthy: measuring whether that choice has actually made a difference.
There are ways of measuring whether societies have in place things that are necessary for their citizens to flourish.
The commission rejected a proposal to eliminate the use of numerical formulas altogether in measuring whether a school was discriminating.
The donors had, in fact, no way of measuring whether those things actually benefitted the populations concerned.
Dartmouth changed its policy after an experiment measuring whether top A.P. scores indicated college-level competence.
But raising standards is not to be confused with measuring whether students have reached those standards.
Other viewers, though, may find themselves measuring whether the irritation level here is higher than the entertainment level.
When you are paying to stop deforestation, there are different ways of measuring whether you are succeeding.
