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Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the ~~need to improve~~value of compiling data and indicators to complement GDP as a proxy indicator for overall societal development is ~~increasingly~~ recognised,

2010/11/09
Committee: ENVI

Thomas ULMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that GDP is an indicator of economic market activity and is widely used in policy analysis and debates; recalls that GDP, after its birth in the 1930s, was rapidly adopted as the best-recognised measure of economic performance in the world; underlines that GDP has become a standard benchmark used by policy-makers throughout the world; ~~is concerned that GDP might sometimes be misleading and at other times simply not provide enough information or sufficiently detailed information;~~

2010/11/09
Committee: ENVI

Thomas ULMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the growing international recognition of limits to GDP as an indicator for human well-being and sustainable development; acknowledges progress made in different fora, such as the UNDP, World Bank, OECD and Commission, on the development of indicators to measure and analyse progress in policy-making; takes note of indicators developed already for various policy areas; notes, however, that there seem to be many indicators already in use, sometimes even overlapping or competing where they should instead be coordinated or combined; emphasises that there are currently too many indicators and the challenge is to develop a clear and comprehensible policy that is at the same time theoretically consistent, politically relevant and empirically measurable; stresses the need for this work to be done in close cooperation with other relevant institutions and organisations;deleted

2010/11/09
Committee: ENVI

Thomas ULMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Criticises, however, the lack, in the Commission Communication, of a clear overall strategy on the application of the Beyond GDP approach in practice; stresses a certain lack of coordination and coherence with existing measures and tools which also aim to contribute to policy analysis, assessments and debates; criticises, furthermore, the proposed measures as partially vague or unclear so that the added value of the proposed action compared to the current situation is difficult to assess; points out that there is in particular no path set out to integrate the proposed measures into the current system of measures and tools for better policy- and law-making;deleted

2010/11/09
Committee: ENVI

4 Amendments of Thomas ULMER related to 2010/2088(INI)

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