Th4.3: ^^ The Genuine Progress Indicator

Question 1

How is the Genuine Progress Indicator calculated?

Answer 1

from 26 different indicators grouped into three main categories: economic, environmental and social

Question 2

What does it aim to look at?

Answer 2

economic sustainably - to ensure development does not limit the amount produced and consumed in the future

Question 3

What does the economic category look at?

Answer 3

personal consumption, inequality and the cost of unemployment

Question 4

What does the environmental category account for?

Answer 4

the cost of pollution, loss of natural areas, CO2 emissions, ozone depletion and the depletion of non-renewable resources

Question 5

What are the indicators in the social category?

Answer 5

the 10 indicators range from the value of housework and parenting to the cost of crime and commuting to the value of volunteer work

Question 6

Why do some argue that development is unsustainable?

Answer 6

the genuine progress indicator tends to show developed countries experiencing negative growth over time, due to their impact on the environment

Question 7

What is another supposed problem with the genuine progress indicator?

Answer 7

some argue the index is biased and is constructed to prove the anti-growth case

Question 8

Moreover what can show development levels and is easier to calculate than indexes?

Answer 8

figures like changes in electricity production or the numbers with a mobile phone per thousand