| dc.description | Since the economic development has arisen as a model, some critical positions have emerged,
both from theoretical aspects and in its terms of measurement. A non worthless set of
indexes and indicators, so called alternatives, has been produced, building up an important
basis of quantitative information. Examples of them are: Genuine Progress Index, Social Progress
Index, Human Development Index, Basic Capacities Index, Gender Inequality Index, and
Happy Planet Index. Each proposal contains innovative elements: new approaches or social
components as gender and environmental issues, and more recently include also subjective
aspects. This paper contains a critical systematization of indicators and indexes of objective/
subjective nature. A comparison is made and also statistical correlation for Latin-American
countries. | |
