Beyond GDP and HDI: Shifting the focus from paradigms to politics

This article raises a simple question. In the debate between GDP and other indicators of well-being (e.g., MEW, HDI, GNH), it is forgotten that these are all external indicators that purport to privilege different goals as reflective of human welfare. The larger question is whether it is possible to shift the focus of policy from a battle between competing paradigms to a mechanism for eliciting information on well-being directly from the population.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Monni, Salvatore ; Spaventa, Alessandro
Published in:	Development. - Palgrave Macmillan, ISSN 1011-6370. - Vol. 56.2013, 2, p. 227-231
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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