Measuring welfare beyond economics : the genuine progress of Hong Kong and Singapore
tarafından
 
Delang, Claudio O. author

Başlık
: 
Measuring welfare beyond economics : the genuine progress of Hong Kong and Singapore

Yazar
: 
Delang, Claudio O. author

ISBN
: 
9780415813839

Yazar Ek Girişi
: 
Delang, Claudio O. author

Fiziksel Tanımlama
: 
xv, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Seri
: 
Routledge studies in sustainable development.

İçerik
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Problems with the GDP -- Alternatives to GDP -- The GPI as an alternative indicator of welfare -- Items used to calculate the GPI -- The GPI of Hong Kong: results -- The GPI of Singapore : results -- The "threshold hypothesis" and the two city states -- Towards a steady state economy.

Özet
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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 economic growth. The result is better information about the level of welfare or well-being of a country's population. This book measures the GPI of Hong Kong and Singapore from 1968 to 2010. It finds.

Konu Başlığı
: 
Public welfare -- China -- Hong Kong.
 
Kamu yararı -- Cin -- Hong Kong.
 
Public welfare -- Singapore.

Coğrafi Terim
: 
Kamu yararı -- Singapore.

Yazar Ek Girişi
: 
Yu, Yi Hang.,


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Ekonomi KütüphanesiKitapEKOBKN0000878339.22095125 DEL 2015Merkez Kütüphane Genel Koleksiyon