Description
| Product ID: | 9780230004986 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Studies in Development Economics and Policy |
| Title: | Human Well-Being |
| Subtitle: | Concept and Measurement |
| Authors: | Author: M. McGillivray |
| Page Count: | 308 |
| Subjects: | Sociology, Sociology, Development economics and emerging economies, Welfare economics, Development economics & emerging economies, Welfare economics |
| Description: | This book provides insights into how human well-being could be better defined and empirically assessed. It takes stock of and reviews various concepts and measures and provides recommendations for future practice and research. Achieving and sustaining higher levels of human well-being is a core challenge, for individuals, governments and international organisations worldwide. Measures of human well-being levels are an integral part of this process, being increasingly used to monitor and evaluate conditions within and among countries. This book provides insights into how human well-being might be better conceptualised and measured. It identifies and reviews various concepts and measures and provides recommendations for future practice and research. |
| Imprint Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publisher Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2006-11-28 |
