Understanding Human Well-being [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: McGillivray Mark
• Pubblicazione: Shibuya-ku, : United Nations University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (411 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.09/045
• Soggetto topico: Equality; Poverty; Quality of life; Social indicators; Well-being
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ClarkeMatthew <1969->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Understanding human well-being; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Acronyms; Introduction; 1 Human well-being: Concepts and measures; Part I: Human well-being concepts; Part II: Well-being measures and applications; Part III: Well-being case studies; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: With more than a billion people living on less than one dollar per day, human well-being is a core issue for both researchers and policy-makers. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a powerful reminder of this point. We now know more about human well-being and the related concepts of poverty and inequality than ever before, as a result of many conceptual and methodological advances and better data. Yet despite this, the vitality of underlying concepts and the quality of data are repeatedly challenged and there remains much to be desired, particularly with regard to the world's poorest c
• Titolo autorizzato: Understanding Human Well-being
• ISBN: 1-4294-5028-2; 92-808-7081-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451554303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II