Problems with the GDP -- Alternatives to GDP -- The GPI as an alternative indicator of welfare -- Items used to calculate the GPI -- The GPI of Hong Kong: results -- The GPI of Singapore : results -- The "threshold hypothesis" and the two city states -- Towards a steady state economy

Recent research linking poverty alleviation and forest conservation has frequently focused on the potential contribution of the commercialization of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs), and has consequently emphasized incomes from NTFPs rather than their consumption. This paper aims to understand...

The undesirable effect of public housing on poverty concentration has been recognised by a series of studies that use census-tract-level aggregate data. This paper examines whether the poverty concentration mechanism of public housing that has been observed elsewhere also functions in Hong Kong....