Comprehensive Wealth in Indonesia

Alin Halimatussadiah; Muhammad Adriansyah; Livia Bizikova; Robi Kurniawan; Roes Lufti; Faizal Moeis; Priskila Nandita; Robert Smith; Zakaria Zoundi

For decades, national policy-making has focused on GDP, with growth celebrated as the main standard for deciding how well countries are doing. Yet GDP is a short-term indicator that captures only what is happening in the market economy, ignoring the costs of economic activities on nature, society, and the well-being of future generations. This report explores a measure known as comprehensive wealth, which can serve as an important counterpoint to GDP.