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Videos of morning sessions : Speeches of Joseph E. Stiglitz, Amartya Sen, Jean-Paul Fitoussi (General introduction), Amartya Sen, Angus Deaton, Bina Agarwal, Juan Somavia (Quality of Life). Videos of afternoon sessions : Speeches of Christine Lagarde, Enrico Giovannini, Jean-Philippe Cotis, Nancy Folbre, Olivier Blanchard (Classic GDP-related issues), Geoffrey Heal, Nicholas Stern, Claude Henry (Sustainable development and the environment), Chantal Jouanno, Jacques Barrot, Angel Gurria, Otaviano Canuto, (Implementation of the report).
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The Human Development Index (HDI) provides a composite measure of three dimensions of human development: living a long and healthy life (measured by life expectancy), being educated (measured by adult literacy and enrolment at the primary, secondary and tertiary level) and having a decent standard of living (measured by purchasing power parity, PPP, income). Download Human Development Map (Pdf format, 1,6 Mo)
Many economists, environmentalists, and citizens have recently criticized the gross national product . The criticism stems from the fact that this measurement of national product does not account for environmental degradation and resource depletion .
Green National Product - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Most economists traditionally use a simple economic measure known as GDP to define prosperity.
What Is Prosperity and How Do We Measure It?
I came across this lecture — What Is The Wealth Of A Nation?
“Measuring the economic welfare … by the one-dimensional index ‘GDP’ is about as sensible as picking a mate from a group of candidates merely after seeing their feet”
However, the main 'indicator' used to measure progress (called Gross Domestic Product or GDP), is inadequate.
Friends of the Earth: Community: Tools: Measuring progress: Introduction:
The genuine progress indicator (GPI) is an alternative metric system which is an addition to the national system of accounts that has been suggested to replace, or supplement, gross domestic product (GDP) as a metric of economic growth .
Genuine progress indicator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Here at the World Future Council we endeavor to bring the interests of future generations to the centre of policy making.
The World Future Council: WFC - Home
ESS EduNet is a training resource mainly developed for use in higher education.
European Social Survey Education Net - ESS EduNet
Politicians always make promises to help children and young people to flourish. But do they match their commitment with sound policies?
Children and young people's well-being | the new economics foundation
The Happy Planet Index reveals the ecological efficiency with which human well-being is delivered The index combines environmental impact with human well-being to measure the environmental efficiency with which, country by country, people live long and happy lives.