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Well-being and global success: a report prepared by the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Health & Well-being

Anderson, Peter, Cooper, Cary, Layard, Richard, Litchfield, Paul and Jane-Llopis, Eva (2012) Well-being and global success: a report prepared by the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Health & Well-being. . World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland.

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Abstract

Throughout the world, people are looking for new models of progress. For many decades the dominant model has been economic growth, and that remains important. But, as David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has said, “economic growth is only a means to an end”. The end is well-being. Today, we have a new body of science that shows just how many other factors are also important for well-being. That is why the OECD has for several years been attempting to redefine progress, and why in July 2011, the UN General Assembly advocated more priority for policies that promote happiness. To increase well-being, new priorities are needed for governments and communities, as well as families and business. We should all care about well-being because it helps produce other good things that we care about – happier workers generate better performance for companies; happier people have more successful families and create more harmonious communities. In this report, we look in turn at well-being in three key areas of our life that affect each one of us: work, family and community. The report is about people and not abstractions. To underline this point we use the

Item Type: Monograph (Report)
Official URL: http://www3.weforum.org
Additional Information: © 2012 World Economic Forum
Divisions: Economics
Centre for Economic Performance
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
JEL classification: H - Public Economics > H0 - General
Date Deposited: 23 Nov 2012 08:51
Last Modified: 13 Sep 2024 16:46
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/47484

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