BCSW Building Competitive Services & Wares: 2015

This Blog takes a look at new ways of looking outside the Box for Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Productive Innovative Engine (PIE), Triple Bottom Line and Quality. It also introduces the Social Progress Imperative (SPI) and discusses how these are useful tools for improving the Health of Paradigms.

This diagram shows these various functions and relations.

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The following videos set the stage related to Social Progress Imperative. These should be viewed first before diving into the discussion that follows.

What does a Successful Country Look Like? See Video:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksAwvlpO_8I

Michel Green TED Talk

https://youtu.be/N8Votwxx8a0

Michael Porter video: Why business can be good at solving social problems

https://youtu.be/0iIh5YYDR2o

Another nice Video:
https://youtu.be/UsQkAjR4P_0

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This website is the portal for Social Progress Imperative (SPI) :
http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/

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Social Progress Index (SPI)

Basic Human Needs

Nutrition and Basic Medical Care

Under Nourishment
Depth of Food Deficient
Maternal Mortality Rate
Child Mortality Rate
Deaths from Infectious Diseases

Water and Sanitation

Access to Piped Water
Rural Access to Improved Water Sources
Access to Improved Sanitation Facilities

Shelter

Availability of affordable Housing
Access to Electricity
Quality of Electricity supply
Household or pollution attributable deaths

Personal Safety

Homicide rate
Level of violent crime
Perceived criminality
Political Terror
Traffic Deaths

Foundations of Well-being

Access to basic knowledge

Adult literacy rate
Primary School Enrollment
Lower Secondary School Enrollment
Upper Secondary School Enrollment
Gender parity in secondary enrollment

Access to Information and Communication

Mobile telephone subscribers
Internet Users
Press Freedom Indices

Health and Wellness

Life Expectancy
Premature deaths from non-communicable Diseases
Obesity Rate
Outdoor air pollution attributable deaths
Suicide Rate

Ecosystem Sustainability

Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Water withdrawal as a percentage of resources
Biodiversity and habitat

Opportunity

Personal Rights

Political Rights
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of assembly/association
Freedom of movement
Private Property Rights

Personal Freedom and Choice

Freedom over life choices
Freedom of Religion
Early Marriage
Satisfied demand for contraception
Corruption

Tolerance and Inclusion

Tolerance for immigrants
Tolerance for Homosexuals
Discrimination and violence against minorities
Religious tolerance
Community safety net

Access to Advanced Education

Years of tertiary schooling
Women's average years in school
Inequality in the attainment of education
Globally ranked universities

To me, these various indexes provide a tool to objectively measure the Health of a Paradigm.

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Gross Domestic Product Definition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_domestic_product

Gross domestic product (GDP) is defined by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as "an aggregate measure of production equal to the sum of the gross values added of all resident, institutional units engaged in production (plus any taxes, and minus any subsidies, on products not included in the value of their outputs)."^[2]

The more familiar use of GDP estimates is to calculate the growth of the economy from year to year (and recently from quarter to quarter). The pattern of GDP growth is held to indicate the success or failure of economic policy and to determine whether an economy is 'in recession'.

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Il5IQHcYP8&sns=em