Friday 15 June 2012

Week in review

Dear week in review readers,

We would like to present you with a new and improved week in review and would like to hear your views on what changes you would like to see and what you would like us to keep. Please let us know by commenting on this post.

In the meantime, here are this week’s updates from the progress community.

On Rio
Rio Heads for Economics With Meaning (BBC 14.06.2012)
Ahead of next week’s Rio+20, this article examines various progress initiatives around the world and sheds a new light on the argument against GFP. In GDP-world, a society that drives is richer than one that cycles, as more money is spent.
See more and contribute to the Wikiprogress article on comprehensive indicators

On gender and sustainable development 
Women Must Be at the Forefront of Rio+20, and Beyond (IPS 15.06.2012)
In an interview with IPS the Head of UN Women, Michelle Bachelet, talks about the importance of gender equality as a dimension of sustainable development. Women farmers make up 43 percent of the agricultural labour force in developing countries and 80 percent in some parts of Africa.
See more and contribute to the Wikigender article on gender and climate change

Indices released this week: It’s been a exciting few days, There were three progress indices released this week, hightlights below.

Happy Planet Index 
The Happy Planet Index (HPI) measures the extent to which countries can provide sustainable and happy lives for their populations; it uses data on life expectancy, experienced well-being and ecological footprint to calculate this.

Global Peace Index 
The Global Peace Index (GPI) measures peace in 158 countries according to 23 qualitative and quantitative measures of peace. The index gauges the level of security and safety, international and domestic conflict and degree of militarisation.

Cost of Living Survey 
The Cost of Living Survey, produced by Mercer, shows Tokyo is the most expensive city to live in in the world, followed by Luanda (Angola) and Osaka (Japan). Karachi, Pakistan is ranked as the world's least expensive city and is less than one-third as expensive as Tokyo.


Country
GDP (nominal) of 183 World Bank 2011
Human Development Index 2011
Happy Planet Index 2012
Global Peace Index 2012
US
1st
4th
105th
88th
China
2nd
101st
60th
89th
Japan
3rd
12th
45th
5th
Germany
4th
9th
46th
15th
France
5th
20th
50th
40th


Your in Progress,
Philippa

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