Leseprobe
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction
1.1 Problem description
1.2 Objective and methods
2. Sustainable development and GDP
2.1 Defining sustainable development
2.2 Defining GDP - Definition and calculation
2.3 Creating GDP - The development of GDP
2.4 Drawbacks and limitations of GDP
2.4.1 Economic drawbacks
2.4.2 Ecological and social drawbacks
2.5 Benefits of the GDP
3. Implications for policy making
3.1 Importance of indicators for political decisions
3.2 GDP affecting economic decisions and policy making
3.3 Barriers to change GDP
3.4 Political efforts towards sustainable development
3.4.1 Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission
3.4.2 Enquete Commission "Growth, Prosperity, Quality of Life"
4. Alternatives to GDP in support of sustainable development
4.1 Indicators adjusting GDP
4.1.1 Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW) and Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI)..
4.1.2 Green GDP
4.2 Indicator sets supplementing GDP
4.2.1 Green satellite accounts
4.2.2 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
4.3 Indicators replacing GDP
4.3.1 Human Development Index (HDI)
4.3.2 Ecological Footprint (EF)
4.3.3 Case Study: Bhutan's Gross National Happiness (GNH)
4.4 Correlations between GDP and sustainability elements
5 Discussion
6 Conclusion
Bibliography
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- Theresa Klein (Autor:in), 2021, Measuring progress. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and alternative indicators in the context of sustainable development, München, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/1032810
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