Qualitative Indicators of Development

The present report, prepared at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, is in partial fulfilment of requests in several resolutions and recommendations for an enquiry into “qualitative indicators of development”. Information from four country case studies that have been carried out for the project is reported in this paper. Additional information and commentary by the Institute has been included as judged appropriate. The number of case studies is smaller than originally intended and narrower in geographic coverage, owing to limitations of resources.