PPT-From Capabilities to Contentment: Links between Happiness and Human Development

Jon Hall HDRO UNDP Binocular Vision A Spare E ye A Wider F ield of View Spotting Faint O bjects Depth Perception Happiness amp Human Development Common Origins Our metrics are important not just because they tell us how we are doing but because they serve as guides in policymaking GDP measures the busyness of our economy But the big question is whether we are busy doing the right things Making your economy grow more will not necessarily get you the things that people . Second Conference on Measuring Human Development. March 4. th. -5. th. 2012. Jean-Paul . Fitoussi. and Khalid Malik. Sustaining Human Development. “Human . beings are born with certain potential capabilities. The purpose of development is to create an environment in . Contentment. definition 1. . a feeling of happiness about life’s circumstances. Contentment. TIME,. April 2009. “Money does not buy happiness… Once you reach the median level of income, roughly $50,000 a year, wealth and contentment go their separate ways, and studies find that a millionaire is no more likely to be happy than someone earning one-twentieth as much.” . Jon Hall, HDRO, UNDP. Binocular Vision. A Spare . E. ye. A Wider . F. ield of View. Spotting Faint . O. bjects. Depth Perception. Happiness & Human Development … Common Origins. “. Our metrics are important not just because they tell us how we are doing but because they serve as guides in policy-making…. GDP measures the busy-ness of our economy. But the big question is whether we are busy doing the right things. Making your economy grow more will not necessarily get you the things that people . . Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you. .”. Hebrews 13:5. Assistant . pastor Teddy Chang. November 23, 2014. INTRODUCTION Happiness is highly valued in present day soaim at happiness in e idea that we should care for the happiness of other people and that governments should aim at creating greater happiness Education and Training . for Development. Simon McGrath. What . are . the . Issues?. We are seeing a major shift back to an interest in . . VET-for-development but there is a risk . that . past. . towards . post-abolitionist and empathetic approaches to global social progress.. . Neil Thin. University of Edinburgh. Overall purpose of presentation. To promote more careful consideration of what kinds of difference a ‘happiness lens’ can make in planning, understanding, and evaluating development. Sakiko Fukuda-Parr. The New School. Shifting Social Contracts . New York, March 13, 2015. Current debates about SDGs and post 2015 agenda. The Post 2015 Women’s Coalition (March 12, 2015) – . Feminist Alternative Approaches to Sustainable Development. Phil. 4:10-23. Contentment 101. Content – . Self-complacent. Complacent – . satisfied. Are you satisfied in life?. Lesson One:. Contentment is Learned.. Lesson Two: . Contentment is not Limited.. a feeling of happiness about life’s circumstances. Contentment. TIME,. April 2009. “Money does not buy happiness… Once you reach the median level of income, roughly $50,000 a year, wealth and contentment go their separate ways, and studies find that a millionaire is no more likely to be happy than someone earning one-twentieth as much.” . 2. Being satisfied with. Some things that help us find true contentment:. 3. 1. Fear and reverence for God. Prov. . 19:23. “The . fear of the LORD . tendeth. to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he . 2. Being satisfied with. Some things that help us find true contentment:. 3. 1. Fear and reverence for God. Prov. . 19:23. “The . fear of the LORD . tendeth. to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he . Second Conference on Measuring Human Development. March 4. th. -5. th. 2012. Jean-Paul . Fitoussi. and Khalid Malik. Sustaining Human Development. “Human . beings are born with certain potential capabilities. The purpose of development is to... DEFINING HRD. Human Resource Development is the process of increasing the knowledge, the skills, and the capabilities of all people in a society. In economic terms, it could be described as the accumulation of human capital and its investment in...