Presentations from “Beyond GDP in Africa: Innovative ideas for a regional dashboard”
Presentations from “Beyond GDP in Africa: Innovative ideas for a regional dashboard”
On 28-29 October 2014, GovInn, in partnership with the Sustainability Institute, hosted a workshop that brought together academics and practitioners from statistical offices from Sub-Saharan Africa to identify practical solutions to measure well being and prosperity and move beyond numerical indicators such as GDP.
The title of the workshop was ‘Beyond-GDP in Africa: Innovative Ideas for a Regional Dashboard.’ Its goal was to take stock of the various criticisms raised against the gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure of economic progress and to propose a way forward for African countries.
Read and download the presentations given at the workshop:
Presentations from “Beyond GDP in Africa: Innovative ideas for a regional dashboard”
On 28-29 October 2014, GovInn, in partnership with the Sustainability Institute, hosted a workshop that brought together academics and practitioners from statistical offices from Sub-Saharan Africa to identify practical solutions to measure well being and prosperity and move beyond numerical indicators such as GDP.
The title of the workshop was ‘Beyond-GDP in Africa: Innovative Ideas for a Regional Dashboard.’ Its goal was to take stock of the various criticisms raised against the gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure of economic progress and to propose a way forward for African countries.
Read and download the presentations given at the workshop:
Why it’s time to leave GDP behind, by Robert Costanza
The GCRO BAROMETER 2014, by Darlington Mushongera
MEASURING DECENT WORK INDICATORS AND WORK STATISTICS, by Coffi Agossou
Environmental Economic Accounting Water Resource Accounting for South Africa, by Robert Parry
Gross National Happiness (GNH) in Bhutan, by Lise Pretorius
Why reversing Africa’s Resource Curse requires calculating natural capital accounts and ecological debt, by Patrick Bond
Update on the UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting, by Mandy Driver
Developing a Diagnostic Tool and Policy Instrument for the Realisation of Decent Work, by Edward Webster
Beyond GDP: Towards a composite well-being index The case of the Green Economy Index , by Anton Nahman
Beyond GDP in Africa: Day 1 summary
Click here to download the workshop official statement
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