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The Good Life - Measuring inclusive growth across countries

The Centre for Progressive Policy (CPP), a UK-based think tank, has published a report introducing the new CPP Inclusive Growth (IG) Country Index, the first major output of its recent partnership with the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Inclusive Growth.

date:  20/09/2019

The Centre for Progressive Policy (CPP), a UK-based think tank, has published a report introducing the new CPP Inclusive Growth (IG) Country Index, the first major output of its recent partnership with the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Inclusive Growth. The index, building on five indicators on consumption, life expectancy, leisure, consumption inequality and unemployment, aims to assess inclusive growth across over 150 countries, and presents data for 2000-2017. The report found that there are significant differences between GDP per capita and the IG score. In particular, the relevance of GDP per capita for inclusive growth is lower for richer countries. Inclusive growth was also found to be closely related to, but distinct from, other measures of welfare, such as human development. Two additional inclusive growth metrics are to be developed as part of this project, one at community level in the UK, and the other at company level. 

Read the press release and the report. See also the methodology.