Sustainable Welfare in the Asia-Pacific Studies Using the Genuine Progress Indicator
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Edited by Philip Lawn, Flinders University and Matthew Clarke, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Researcher Development and Alfred Deakin Professor, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia<i>'Lawn and Clarke have compiled and authored an excellent addition to the literature of ecological economics. . . this is an excellent resource for advanced students, academics and practitioners wishing to galvanise an understanding of the measurement of human progress.'</i>
- Lindsay Greer, FORUM - Centre for Citizenship, Development and Human Rights,
<i>'. . . I think the authors should be commended for attempting to develop a summary measure that brings together a diverse range of indicators relevant to human well-being.'</i>
- Winton Bates, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature,
<i>'It is no small thing to shift the burden of proof. Yet that is what Lawn and Clarke, and their colleagues, have done in this remarkable study. . . Thanks to Lawn and Clarke for suggesting many specific policies rooted in a clear analysis. . .'</i>
- From the preface by Herman Daly,
The book shows that the three wealthy nations - Australia, New Zealand, and Japan - have long reached a level of GDP beyond which further growth is detrimental to their sustainable welfare while the four poorer nations - China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam - are fast approaching a similar situation, but at much lower per capita levels of sustainable welfare. In view of these results, it is argued that genuine progress in the Asia-Pacific region requires the wealthy nations to focus on qualitative improvement (development) rather than GDP growth. As for the poorer nations, it is argued that population stabilisation demands urgent attention while the GDP growth required over the next two to three decades must be as clean, efficient, and equitable as possible.
Sustainable Welfare in the Asia-Pacific will appeal to a wide audience of academics and researchers in the areas of ecological, environmental and natural resource economics, development, green national accounting, and environmental management. It will also find a readership in policymakers, environmental managers and NGOs, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.