Beyond GDP and HDI: Shifting the focus from paradigms to politics

Development (Basingstoke)

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 227-231

  Monni, Salvatore ^a   Spaventa, Alessandro ^a  

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Author keywords

GDP; Human development; Well being

Indexed keywords

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 84890892712     PISSN: 10116370     EISSN: 14617072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/dev.2013.30     Document Type: Article

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