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

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Delang, Claudio O. (Author), Yu, Yi Hang (Author)
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business, 2015.
Series:Routledge studies in sustainable development.
Subjects:
Public welfare > China > Hong Kong.
Public welfare > Singapore.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.