TY - BOOK ID - 77939730 TI - Understanding Human Well-being AU - McGillivray, Mark. AU - Clarke, Matthew PY - 2006 SN - 1429450282 9280870815 9781429450287 9280811304 9789280811308 PB - Shibuya-ku : United Nations University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Equality. KW - Poverty. KW - Quality of life. KW - Social indicators. KW - Well-being. KW - Equality KW - Poverty KW - Quality of life KW - Social indicators KW - Well-being KW - 316.323.65 KW - 330.56 KW - Welfare (Personal well-being) KW - Wellbeing KW - Happiness KW - Health KW - Wealth KW - Indicators, Social KW - Social history KW - Economic indicators KW - Social accounting KW - Social prediction KW - Life, Quality of KW - Economic history KW - Human ecology KW - Life KW - Basic needs KW - Human comfort KW - Work-life balance KW - Destitution KW - Begging KW - Poor KW - Subsistence economy KW - Egalitarianism KW - Inequality KW - Social equality KW - Social inequality KW - Political science KW - Sociology KW - Democracy KW - Liberty KW - 330.56 Nationaal inkomen. Volksinkomen. Gezinsinkomen. Vermogensstratificatie. Particuliere inkomens en bestedingen. Armoede. Honger KW - Nationaal inkomen. Volksinkomen. Gezinsinkomen. Vermogensstratificatie. Particuliere inkomens en bestedingen. Armoede. Honger KW - 316.323.65 Verzorgingsstaat. Welvaartsstaat KW - Verzorgingsstaat. Welvaartsstaat KW - Microeconomics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77939730 AB - With more than a billion people living on less than one dollar per day, human well-being is a core issue for both researchers and policy-makers. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a powerful reminder of this point. We now know more about human well-being and the related concepts of poverty and inequality than ever before, as a result of many conceptual and methodological advances and better data. Yet despite this, the vitality of underlying concepts and the quality of data are repeatedly challenged and there remains much to be desired, particularly with regard to the world's poorest c ER -