Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Anders Hayden, Ceofride Gaudet, and Jeffrey Wilson
Part One: Background and Visions
1. The Long Road Beyond GDP: Have We Finally Reached a Time for Breakthroughs?
Anders Hayden and Jeffrey Wilson
2. Ten Years After: From SSF to HLEG, An Agenda for Well-Being Measurement in the Next Decade
Martine Durand and Marco Mira d'Ercole
3. Measures for a New Economy: Shifting Power via Public Participation
Katherine Trebeck and Julia Rodgers
Part Two: International Experiences and Perspectives
4. Beyond GDP, Beyond Numbers: Bhutan's Journey Towards Gross National Happiness
Julia C. Kim and Amy MacKenzie
5. Wellbeing in British Politics and Policy
Ian Bache
6. Integrating Well-Being Indicators in Budgetary Procedures: Four Shades of Sincerity
Eloi Laurent
7. Beyond "Beyond GDP" in the EU: What's Next?
Brent Bleys and Geraldine Thiry
8. Contributions of the Genuine Progress Indicator to Measuring and Promoting Welfare
Guenseli Berik
9. Measuring What Matters: Policy Applications in New Zealand
Tim Ng
Part Three: Canadian Experiences and Perspectives
10. Beyond Dollars and Cents: The Canadian Index of Wellbeing and Nova Scotia Quality of Life Initiative
Clay Dasilva and Anders Hayden
11. Building an Epidemiology of Happiness
John F. Helliwell, David Gyarmati, Craig Joyce, and Heather Orpana
12. Wellbeing, Sustainability, and Progress: A Framework for Public and Policy Discourse and For Quantitative Decision-Making Using the Life Satisfaction Approach
Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh
13. Measuring Comprehensive Wealth in Canada
Rob Smith, Kieran McDougal, and Livia Bizikova
14. Time for a Reality Check: Lessons from Bhutan, Canada and New Zealand
Ronald Colman
Conclusion
Anders Hayden, Ceofride Gaudet, and Jeffrey Wilson
Contributors
Index
