Newsletters
The Beyond GDP Newsletter keeps its readers up to date two to four times a year on important developments related to measuring progress, true wealth and the well-being of nations.
July 2013
This newsletter deals with the measurement of progress from a social perspective. It offers an interview with Robert Manchin, Managing Director of the Gallup Organisation Europe, on measuring well-being and social progress. The spotlight of the newsletter summarizes major findings of a global poll of GlobeScan, revealing that the world remains strongly in favour complementing GDP with a broader measure of national progress.
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March 2013
This newsletter offers an interview with Glenn-Marie Lange of the World Bank, who is leading the Global Partnership for Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystems Services (WAVES). The spotlight of the newsletter summarizes major achievements in the measurement of progress, wealth and well-being in 2012.
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June 2012
Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for the Environment, sees the Rio+20 Conference on sustainable development as "a vital opportunity for changing the metrics". In the main article of the newsletter he explains the aims of the EU delegation at Rio+20.
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November 2011
"The ‘Beyond GDP’ debate concerns not only civil society and international organizations but is also discussed within individual national societies, including Germany" says Member of the German Parliament ("Bundestag") and Chair of the Study Commission on ‘Growth, Wellbeing and Quality of Life’ Ms Daniela Kolbe in an exclusive article.
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July 2011
An important step was taken in the beginning of June towards measuring progress in the EU on a broader basis than GDP alone, when the European Parliament (EP) adopted its resolution on “Beyond GDP” and a new regulation on European environmental accounts as an important implementation tool.
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April 2011
A subject once discussed mainly by researchers and university scholars, the need to develop new indicators to better measure a nation's prosperity and quality of life is now high on the agenda of European policy makers and national governments. This newsletter highlights recent developments in efforts to find measures that complement the current and best known measure of economic activity – Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
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Newsletter
The Beyond GDP Newsletter keeps its readers up to date on important developments related to measuring progress, true wealth and the well-being of nations.
