Worldwide support found for measuring true wealth of nations
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present a survey by GLOBESCAN for Ethical Markets Media, LLC which was released at the “Beyond GDP” Conference in the European Parliament, 19‐20 November.
Design/methodology/approach
The methodology is survey based.
Findings
Three‐quarters of people in ten countries agree that their governments should look beyond economics and include health, social and environmental statistics in measuring national progress.
Originality/value
This paper is contrary to the accepted view of appropriate national growth measures.
Keywords
Citation
Henderson, H. (2008), "Worldwide support found for measuring true wealth of nations", Foresight, Vol. 10 No. 2, pp. 67-69. https://doi.org/10.1108/14636680810869699
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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