The New Indicators of Well-Being and Development
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: August 8, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780230005006
Subjects: Development economics; Economic Growth; Measures Of National Income; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Anthropology - Cultural; Development - Economic Development; Business & Economics / Economic Development; Social Science-Anthropology - Cultural; Economics - General; Economics - Macroeconomics; Economic indicators; Measurement; Quality of life; Sustainable development
Description: "The growth of GDP remains the principal focus of attention when it comes to judging the progress of the 'wealth of nations': however other attempts have been made, most of them since the 1990s, to enlarge such a narrow vision. New indicators of development, well-being, social health, or ecological footprint are presented in this volume as alternative methods of reassessing the growing gap between well-being and wealth. They show that ongoing growth might be detrimental to social health and destroy vital natural resources."--BOOK JACKET.