Last year, the OECD launched a new initiative with the aim of moving beyond GDP as the key measurement of a nation's economic strength. The Better Life Initiative is designed to come up with new ways of evaluating the overall economic health of a nation and its citizens. OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría narrates a short video to describe the progress of the initiative over the last 6 months:
The OECD now has an interactive chart that allows you to see where member countries rank in various categories:
Read more about the Better Life Initiative here.
Posted
02-02-2012 9:30 AM
by
Graham Griffith
Filed under: jobs, GDP, education, OECD, economic indicators, income, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, happiness, angel gurria, measuring economic strength, goods and services, access, better life initiative, beyond gdp