1st Edition
Measuring Welfare beyond Economics The genuine progress of Hong Kong and Singapore
194 Pages
72 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
210 Pages
72 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
210 Pages
72 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1. Problems with the GDP 2. Alternatives to GDP 3. The GPI as an alternative indicator of welfare 4. Items used to calculate the GPI 5. The GPI of Hong Kong: results 6. The GPI of Singapore: results 7. The "threshold hypothesis" and the two city states 8. Towards a Steady State Economy
Biography
Claudio O. Delang is Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography of Hong Kong Baptist University.
Yi Hang Yu is Researcher at the Department of Geography of Hong Kong Baptist University.
