Table of Contents

Contents:

Preface
Herman Daly

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION AND THE GENUINE PROGRESS INDICATOR
1. An Introduction to the Asia-Pacific Region
Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke

2. Why is Gross Domestic Product an Inadequate Indicator of Sustainable Welfare?
Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke

3. What is the Genuine Progress Indicator and How is it Typically Calculated?
Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke

4. In Defence of the Genuine Progress Indicator
Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke

PART II: MEASURING THE GENUINE PROGRESS OF ASIA-PACIFIC NATIONS
5. Genuine Progress in Australia: Time to Rethink the Growth Objective
Philip Lawn

6. Calculating the New Zealand Genuine Progress Indicator
Vicky Forgie, Garry McDonald, Yanjiao Zhang, Murray Patterson and Derrylea Hardy

7. Genuine Progress in Japan and the Need for an Open Economy GPI
Matsuyo Makino

8. Genuine Progress in India: Some Further Growth Needed in the Immediate Future but Population Stabilisation Needed Immediately
Philip Lawn

9. From GDP to the GPI: Quantifying Thirty-Five Years of Development in China
Zonggou Wen, Yan Yang and Philip Lawn

10. Genuine Progress in Thailand: A Systems-Analysis Approach
Matthew Clarke and Judith Shaw

11. Genuine Progress in Vietnam: The Impact of the Doi Moi Reforms
Vu Xuan Nguyet Hong, Matthew Clarke and Philip Lawn

PART III: GENUINE PROGRESS ACROSS THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
12. Genuine Progress Across the Asia-Pacific Region: Comparisons, Trends, and Policy Implications
Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke

Index

About the Author

Edited by Philip Lawn, Flinders University and Matthew Clarke, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Researcher Development and Alfred Deakin Professor, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

Reviews

'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.'
*Lindsay Greer, FORUM - Centre for Citizenship, Development and Human Rights*

'. . . 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.'
*Winton Bates, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature*

'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. . .'
*From the preface by Herman Daly*