"How was life in 1820, and how has it improved since then? What are the long-term trends in global well-being? Views on social progress since the Industrial Revolution are largely based on historical national accounting in the tradition of Kuznets and Maddison. But trends in real GDP per capita...

How was life in 1820, and how has it changed since then? This question, which was at the core of How Was Life? Global Well-being since 1820, published by the OECD in 2014, is addressed by this second volume based on a broader perspective. How Was Life? New Perspectives on Well-being and Global...

Introduction and overview Jean A.P. Clément -- Sustaining growth takeoffs : lessons from Mozambique Jean A.P. Clément and Shanaka J. Peiris -- Halving the poverty rate by 2015 Louise Fox, Rui Benfica, and Melissa Sekkel -- Sustaining growth in the long term Sam Jones -- Monetary and financial...