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Contents:PART I: INTRODUCTION TO THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION AND THE GENUINEPROGRESS INDICATOR1. An Introduction to the Asia-Pacific RegionPhilip Lawnand Matthew Clarke2. Why is Gross Domestic Product an Inadequate Indicator ofSustainable Welfare?Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke3. What is the GenuineProgress Indicator and How is it Typically Calculated?Philip Lawn and MatthewClarke4. In Defence of the Genuine Progress Indicator Philip Lawn and MatthewClarkePART II: MEASURING THE GENUINE PROGRESS OF ASIA-PACIFIC NATIONS5.Genuine Progress in Australia: Time to Rethink the Growth ObjectivePhilipLawn 6. Calculating the New Zealand Genuine Progress IndicatorVicky Forgie,Garry McDonald and Derrylea Hardy7. Genuine Progress in Japan and the Needfor an Open Economy GPIMatsuyo Makino 8. Genuine Progress in India: SomeFurther Growth Needed in the Immediate Future but Population StabilisationNeeded ImmediatelyPhilip Lawn9. From GDP to the GPI: Quantifying Thirty-FiveYears of Development in ChinaWen Zonnggou, Yan Yang and Philip Lawn10.Genuine Progress in Thailand: A Systems-Analysis ApproachMatthew Clarke andJudith Shaw 11. Genuine Progress in Vietnam: The Impact of the Doi MoiReformsVu Xuan Nguyet Hong, Matthew Clarke and Philip LawnPART III: GENUINEPROGRESS ACROSS THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION12. Genuine Progress Across theAsia-Pacific Region: Comparisons, Trends, and Major InfluencesPhilip Lawn andMatthew Clarke