Counting What Counts: Implementing beyond GDP metrics

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As countries prepare for the anticipated adoption of a United Nations Beyond GDP framework at the United Nations General Assembly, there is growing recognition that traditional economic indicators, particularly GDP, are insufficient to capture the full picture of progress. While GDP remains an essential measure of economic activity, it overlooks critical dimensions such as inequality, environmental sustainability, and well being. The recent report of the UN High Level Expert Group HLEG , Counting What Counts: A Compass of Progress for People and Planet https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/high level expert group on beyond gdp final report.pdf , marks a significant milestone by proposing a practical, globally applicable framework that complements GDP with a dashboa…

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