Sixth Meeting of the beyond GDP sprint
- Virtual Meeting
- 31 May 2022

The meeting will discuss the summaries of the previous meetings and propose an outline of the next steps.
Tuesday, 31 May 2022: 7:00 am - 10:00 pm (New York time)
Chair: Stefan Schweinfest, Director of United Nations Statistics Division
7:00 am - 7:10 am
Session 1: Introduction, welcome remarks, and scene-setting
7:10 am - 7:40 am
Session 2: What is the challenge Beyond GDP
is trying to tackle?
This session overviews the key issues facing economic statisticians.
Presenters: Ehsan Masood - author of The Great Invention: The Story of GDP and the Making and Unmaking of the Modern World
Rutger Hoekstra - author of Replacing GDP by 2030
7:40 am - 8:15 am
Session 3: Summaries of previous sessions
This session overviews the work of the sprint thus far.
The outcomes of the 1st Sprint onMeasuring Modern Capitals
Presenter: Richard Heys, UK Office for National Statistics
Presentation: Modern Capital – Summary Slides
The outcomes of the 2nd and 3rd sprints on
Distributional Accounts
Presenter: Erich Strassner, US Bureau of Economic Analysis
Presentation: Outcomes from Sessions on
Distributional Accountsand on
Well-being initiatives Associated with and that extend the System of National Accounts
The outcomes of the 4th sprint on Socio-demographic disaggregation of National Accounts
Presenter: Tim Miller, United Nations Population Division
Presentation: Takeaways and next steps from the 4th Sprint
The outcomes of the 5th sprint on Mapping
Beyond GDPIndexes, Indicator Frameworks, Wealth, and Health Approaches
Presenter: Richard Heys, UK Office for National Statistics
Presentation: Mapping
Beyond GDPIndexes, Indicator Frameworks, Wealth, and Health Approaches – Summary Slides
8:15 am - 8:25 am
Break
8:25 am - 9:50 am
Session 4: Plenary Discussion
This session will provide speakers of previous Beyond GDP Sprint meetings and other attendees to share their views against the following questions:
- • What are the most important lessons learnt from the sprint?
- • What are the key take-away messages from this sprint?
- • What are the key next steps for future sprints to prioritize?
- • Are there any key gaps in topics or attendees we need to address in future sprints?
The plenary will be structured around the following themes and introductions:
- • Modern capitals: Josh Martin, Imperial College
- • Composite indexes: Fabrice Murtin, OECD WISE and Pedro Conceição, UNDP HDO
- • Disaggregated national accounts (by age, gender, income, wellbeing, and other socio-economic characteristics): Martin Weale , Kings College and Jon Samuels, US BEA
- • Multidimensional indicator frameworks: Jan Pieter Smits. Statistics Netherlands and Professor
measuring sustainability
, Eindhoven University - • Inclusive and comprehensive wealth: Grzegorz Peszko and Jim Cust, World Bank
- • Time-use surveys: Francesca Grum , UNSD
- • Health-related measures: Ritu Sadana, Maksym Obrizan and Steve McFeely, WHO tbc
- • SG's Common Agenda: Anu Peltola, UNCTAD
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Session 5: Next steps, and closing remarks
This session will deliver an opportunity for Stefan Schweinfest to formally close the sprint and lay out a brief outline of the next steps
10:00 am
Adjourn
Related Documentations
Download all available presentations for the sixth meeting of the beyond GDP sprintBeyond GDP sprint sixth meeting slide pack
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