19 April: Pokhara, Nepal
19 April – Pokhara
I slept in which these days is to 8.30am. I noticed there was no-one around from the group so decided to have breakfast. Wasn’t sure where I could have it. I started to walk to the… Continue reading
18 April: Kathmandu to Pokhara, Nepal
18 April
We had to get up at 5.30am to have breakfast by 6.15am and off by around 6.45am to catch a bus to Pokhara at 7am. I woke up before the wakeup call but felt tired but fine. I… Continue reading
17 April: Kathmandu, Nepal
17 April
We were organised by Peter to go to the office at 9am. I had hoped for a motor bike ride with Kailash at 9.30am. I thought I’d be tired. To my amazement I was up at 6am and… Continue reading
16 April: Kathmandu, Nepal
April 16
Peter organised the night before for all of us to be ready by 6.30am to be at a school by 7am. For me this is not easy as I am not a morning person and I have to… Continue reading
World Report on Nepal – Human Rights Watch
To view the World Report on Nepal go to http://www.hrw.org/world-report/2014/country-chapters/nepal
Elections held in November to elect the second Constituent Assembly were considered free and fair by international observers. The United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) suffered a significant loss in… Continue reading
15 April: Kathmandu, Nepal
I had a good sleep in and a late breakfast. The rest of the team went to the LEARN Office to meet with Kailash Yongan and Krishna Pun. I spent the morning resting and practicing magic tricks.
Peter knocked on… Continue reading
14 April: Leaving Australia for Nepal
Up at 5.45 Alex took me to the airport and refused to take money for petrol.
I met with the team standing in front of the board showing departures. Peter, Gordon and Pat were there on time. We checked in.… Continue reading
Genuine Progress Indicator Factoring in Wellbeing
http://rprogress.org/sustainability_indicators/genuine_progress_indicator.htm
Genuine Progress Indicator
We believe that if policymakers measure what really matters to people—health care, safety, a clean environment, and other indicators of well-being—economic policy would naturally shift towards sustainability.
Redefining Progress created the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI)… Continue reading
Kennedy: GDP Measures Everything Except That Which Makes Life Worthwhile
http://www2.mccombs.utexas.edu/faculty/michael.brandl/main%20page%20items/Kennedy%20on%20GNP.htm
Robert F. Kennedy on what GNP means.
Below is a quote from Bobby Kennedy on what the Gross National Product means and more importantly what it does not mean. He would have a made a… Continue reading
GDP is an Imperfect Measure of Progress
GDP is unable to measure wellbeing or decipher economic goods from bads. It is a methodology that has attempted to measure wealth and increasingly it is being questioned as governments and economists look for alternative, more accurate measures of… Continue reading