Measuring Welfare beyond Economics: The genuine progress of Hong Kong and Singapore

by Yi Hang Yu and Claudio O. Delang

Book Overview

Dissatisfaction with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as an indicator of a country's development or a population's wellbeing led to the development of the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI). The GPI is an aggregate index of over 20 economic, social and environmental indicators, and accounts for both the welfare benefits of economic growth, and the social and environmental costs which accompany that economic growth. The result is better information...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415813832
• ISBN13: 9780415813839
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"