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September 20, 2004
Nova Scotia Genuine Progress Index (GPI)
An organization in Canada called GPI Atlantic has created a Genuine Progress Index (GPI),
This is “an alternative to the practice of equating progress with economic growth alone. The GPI links the economy with social and environmental variables to create a more comprehensive and accurate measurement tool. The GPI accounts for the value of human, social, and natural capital, in addition to standard measures of produced capital, and assigns value to assets like population health, educational attainment, community safety, voluntary work, and environmental quality. The Nova Scotia GPI consists of 22 social, economic and environmental components.”
GPI Atlantic have published some 50 reports on the economic costs of such things as tobacco, obesity, and crime. Of particular interest is an assessment of the ‘true’ cost of recycling. Nova Scotia is a world leader in this field, recycling about half of all its rubbish.
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Posted by Simon Holledge at September 20, 2004 11:32 PM