Since its invention by Simon Kuznets in the 1930s, the notion that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reflects human well-being and should guide public policy has been called into question. In the wake of the financial, political, and environmental crises that have defined the early twenty-first...

The purpose of this volume is to bring together key actors of the well-being community - pairing scholars with policy-makers - to advance the analytical and policy-making agenda at the heart of the well-being transition, at a time when this progress has become a vital necessity. At least two...

As well-being has matured as a statistical and measurement agenda, it has become increasingly relevant as a “compass” for policy, with a growing number of countries using well-being metrics to guide decision-making and inform budgetary processes. One remaining challenge has consisted in...