The Quality of Development Index-A New Headline Indicator of Progress

John Stutz

progress ； indicator ； scenario ； visioning exercise ； Gross Domestic Product

Journal of Futures Studies

15卷3期（2011 / 03 / 01）

73 - 102

英文

In this paper a new Quality of Development Index (QDI) is introduced and applied. The QDI provides a national-level measure of progress that reflects changes related to well-being, community, and the environment. The paper argues generally for a more explicit linkage between indicators of progress and values, and for a larger role for such indicators in quantitative scenario-based visioning exercises. Use of the QDI is suggested in place of the Gross Domestic Product, the current defacto headline indicator of progress.