MERGE’s six technical deep dives found that measuring wellbeing beyond GDP is less a data problem than a political one. From unpaid work to wealth accounting, the workshops point to what National Statistical Institutes need to build better metrics, and what policymakers must provide to use them meaningfully.
MERGE’s six technical deep dives found that measuring wellbeing beyond GDP is less a data problem than a political one. From unpaid work to wealth accounting, the workshops point to what National Statistical Institutes need to build better metrics, and what policymakers must provide to use them meaningfully.
This report provides an overview of the events the MERGE project organised at the EU and UN level to explore how a holistic set of metrics can enhance policy design and monitor policy implementation. The report summarises the main insights, challenges and learnings gained through the process.
Calls to “measure what matters” often focus on political ambition. Yet the feasibility of that shift depends largely on institutions
A newly published study has identified surprising common ground across hundreds of existing wellbeing indicators and presented a 20-component model that could accelerate the long-awaited shift beyond GDP as the primary measure of progress.
This report, conducted by the MERGE consortium, presents a shortlist of potential policy instruments that promote sustainable and inclusive wellbeing
The transition to Beyond GDP (BGDP) metrics represents a pivotal shift from traditional economic indicators to a more holistic approach
Achieving the 2030 Agenda and the EU’s policies on environmental and social sustainability requires a comprehensive measure of human progress
The world faces a convergence of social, environmental, and economic crises, which have a common cause: our addiction to an
The goal of MERGE is to develop “policies for sustainable and inclusive wellbeing”. A crucial question is which metrics would
