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9789280811308: Understanding Human Well-being
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ISBN 10: 9280811304 ISBN 13: 9789280811308
Casa editrice: United Nations Univ, 2007

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With more than a billion people living on less than one dollar per day, human well-being is a core issue for both researchers and policymakers. The Millennium Development Goals are a powerful reminder of this point. We now know more about human well-being and the related concepts of poverty and inequality than ever before, as a result of many conceptual and methodological advances and better data. Yet despite this progress, the vitality of underlying concepts and the quality of data are repeatedly challenged and still leave much to be desired, particularly with regard to the world's poorest countries. This book looks at advances in underlying well-being, poverty, and inequality concepts and corresponding empirical measures and case studies. Traditional monetary concepts and measurements are examined as well as educational achievement, longevity, health, and subjective well-being. Among the measures examined is the Human Development Index, which has done much to refocus attention on the importance of nonmonetary measures of human wellbeing. Chapters review pre-existing concepts and measures, with a view of future developments, while others propose new concepts or measures.

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Informazioni sugli autori

<div><p><b>Mark McGillivray </b> is a senior research fellow at UNU-WIDER in Helsinki and an inaugural fellow of the Human Development and Capabilities Association. <b>Matthew Clarke </b> is program coordinator (International Development) at the School of Social Science and Planning, RMIT University, Melbourne.</p></div>

Mark McGillivray is a senior research fellow at UNU-WIDER in Helsinki and an inaugural fellow of the Human Development and Capabilities Association. Matthew Clarke is program coordinator (International Development) at the School of Social Science and Planning, RMIT University, Melbourne.

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Editore
United Nations Univ
Data di pubblicazione
2007
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
9280811304
ISBN 13 
9789280811308
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
386
Redattore
McGillivray Mark, Clarke Matthew
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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9788189640415: Understanding Human Well-being

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ISBN 10:  8189640410 ISBN 13:  9788189640415
Casa editrice: Bookwell Publications, 2007
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