3 Amendments of Ska KELLER related to 2010/2088(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Underlines that the concept of "growth", that refers to quantitative economic measures, is not to be confused with "development", that refers to qualitative criteria, that encompasses quality of life and the improvement of living conditions (quality of the environment, health, education, fair redistribution of incomes, social connections, etc.); urges accordingly the EU to refrain from a simple "growth- oriented" development policy;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Stresses that the correlation between welfare and GDP is not automatic but conditional, as GDP excludes a range of non-market activities (such as childcare, care for the elderly and the ill, etc.) that influence well-being; points out equally that if wellbeing and GDP can go hand- in-hand in developing countries, there are also cases where policies can contribute to well-being while slowing down growth, as in the case of the preservation of the forestry ecosystem; believes therefore that, in line with the objective of development policy coherence, alternative indicators to the GDP are needed to provide a representative picture of economic conditions, social aspects and environmental conditions;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ERecalls that GDP is not a good measure of welfare; expects that shifting attention towards broader and more sustainable indicators will lead also to more systematic focus on social and environmental factors in developing countries, including climate change, health, education and governance, and thereby enable development policies to target the most needy and disadvantaged populations; emphasises the need to extend National Accounts to environmental and social issues to enable this set of indicators to perform adequately;