New policy directions for Nova Scotia using the Genuine Progress Index to count what matters

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ISBN: 9780978061173 (print)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 electronic text (xi, 174 p. : graphs, charts) : digital file.
Publisher: Glen Haven, N.S. : GPI Atlantic, 2009

General Note:	"July, 2009." Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of tables and figures -- 1 Measuring genuine progress -- 1.1 Why go beyond Gross Domestic Product? -- 1.2 A new paradigm: the Genuine Progress Index (GPI) -- 1.3 Summary of policy uses of the Genuine Progress Index -- 2 Indicators and accounts -- 2.1 What are indicators? -- 2.2 What are accounts? -- 2.3 Why we need both -- 3 Fundamentals of the new accounting system -- 3.1 Stocks and flows -- 3.2 Principles and methods of full-cost accounting -- 3.3 Limitations of monetization -- 4 The GPI: a new compass for policy-makers -- 4.1 GPI domains and components -- 4.2 Using the GPI in the policy arena -- 4.3 Policy implications of measuring genuine progress -- 4.4 Examples of enlightened public and private sector policy-making -- 5 Implementing full-cost accounting -- 5.1 Cost of illness -- 5.2 The economic value of civic and voluntary work -- 5.3 Transportation accounts: what are the true costs of driving? -- 5.4 Solid waste resource accounts -- 5.5 Forest accounts -- 5.6 Paid work hours: costs of work stress and unemployment -- 6 New policy directions -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Endnotes.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.