Broad indices that judge progress by health, education, living standards and lasting wealth rather than income alone, including the Human Development Index, the Genuine Progress Indicator and inclusive wealth. An indicator belongs here when its cited article describes a broad well-being or sustainability index. The group brings together the entries filed under the heading Human Development and Well-Being Indices, so a reader can compare them and move from one to another within the same part of the economic field.
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Genuine Progress Indicator (Wikipedia)
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The GPI is designed to take fuller account of the well-being of a nation, only a part of which pertains to the size of the nation's economy, by incorporating environmental and social factors which are not measured by GDP.
Wikipedia: Inclusive wealth
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Inclusive wealth is the aggregate value of all capital assets in a given region, including human capital, social capital, public capital, and natural capital.
United Nations Development Programme: Human Development Index
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The HDI was created to emphasize that people and their capabilities should be the ultimate criteria for assessing the development of a country, not economic growth alone.
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