Measuring Economic Progress and Well-Being

How to move beyond GDP

Research Report

Published: Jul 19, 2012

Publication Summary

This paper offers an overview of the long-standing debate about the use of GDP in measuring progress, paying particular attention to poverty and inequality as dimensions of progress.

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