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How do we know if national economies are sustainable? A guide to going "Beyond GDP"


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Contributor(s): Professor Giles Atkinson, Dr Matthew Agarwala | Discover how to measure economic progress and sustainability with practical illustrations in this one-hour workshop by leading experts on measuring sustainable development, Giles Atkinson and Matthew Agarwala.
Learn what is at the heart of this topic – “Beyond GDP” is easy to say, but what does it actually mean to move beyond Gross Domestic Product as the primary way that nations use to measure economic and social development?
Find out how thinking about "nature as capital" is a key step in this journey and why, more generally, focusing on national and planetary wealth is a better guide to economic and social development prospects.
Discover which countries and organisations are doing what to go “Beyond GDP” around the world.
Begin to be able to distil a picture of whether national economies are sustainable, using a handful of available indicators.
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