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  Flynn Research: Calvert Henderson Quality of Life Indicators
The most pressing methodological debate over new measures of wealth, progress, and human development has concerned the extent to which money coefficients and macroeconomic models can capture broad new areas of concern: human rights, health, education, environmental, and overall quality of life.
Hazel went on to dissect the problems of macroeconomic indexes and lend her support to Marian Chambers’ Jacksonville Quality of Life Indicators in the mid-1980s, setting a precedent for community indicators project.
It is now common to describe the GDP as a less-than optimal measure of the progress of a nation or community.
www.flynnresearch.com /calvert.htm   (8695 words)

  
 A Systems Approach: Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators by Hazel Henderson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The proliferation of alternative measures of sustainable human development and quality-of-life attest to tremendous progress in the past decade.
This index deducts from GNP many environmental and social costs, arriving at a significantly lower "net GNP." This index has been adapted widely in Europe, Australia, and the US as the Genuine Progress Index (GPI) since 1995.
The most pressing methodological debate over such new measures of wealth progress and human development has concerned the extent to which such broad new areas of concern as human rights, health, education, environmental and overall quality of life can be captured using money coefficients and macroeconomic models.
www.hazelhenderson.com /recentPapers/new_page_5.html   (6123 words)

  
 Genealogy - Canadian Census   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Non-profit research group developing an index for measuring sustainable development
Federal Census of 1871 (Ontario Index) - ArchiviaNet - Library and...
Extractions, transcription and indexing projects are listed with links to data
www.geneologywizard.com /canadiancensus   (717 words)

  
 Canada HQ : Stats Canada
GPI Atlantic - Genuine Progress Index for Atlantic Canada
Non-profit research group developing an index for measuring sustainable developmentfor Nova Scotia, integrating social, economic, and environmental variables.
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www.canada-hq.com /statscanada/index.php   (866 words)

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