Activities of Anna ZÁBORSKÁ related to 2010/2088(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on GDP and beyond – Measuring progress in a changing world
Amendments (11)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 bis (new)
Citation 3 bis (new)
having regard to the work of Gary Becker, winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, on ‘The economics of life’,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need to develop additional indicators for measuring medium- and long-term economic and social progress; calls for the development of clear and measurable indicators that take account of climate change, biodiversity, resource efficiency and social inclusion; furthermore calls for the development of indicators that focus more closely on the household-level perspective, reflecting income, consumption and wealth, wealth and the number of children or other dependents in the household;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the relevant authorities to base the development of indicators on first-hand reports and the real lives of people experiencing extreme poverty, in order to develop indicators that reflect economic and social progress for all citizens;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the initiative taken by the European institutions to stop limiting the way in which the wealth of nations and the wellbeing of citizens are measured;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses, with a view to ensuring that the principle of fairness is upheld, and in the words of Article 9 of the Beijing Declaration, that the implementation of the various development cooperation policies, including through national laws and the formulation of strategies, policies, programmes and development priorities, is the sovereign responsibility of each State, in conformity with all human rights and fundamental freedoms, and that taking account of, and fully respecting, the various religious and ethical values, cultural backgrounds and philosophical convictions of individuals and their communities should contribute to the full enjoyment by women of their human rights in order to achieve equality, development and peace;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Welcomes the sustained commitment of Churches, recognised religious communities and faith-based NGOs and their unflagging support for human progress;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expects that shifting attention towards broader and more sustainable indicators will lead also to more systematic focus on social and environmental factors in developing countries, including climate change, biodiversity, health, education and governance, and thereby enable development policies to target the most needy and disadvantaged populations; underlines the importance of the family as basic economic entity; underlines that such indicators should be compatible and consistent with existing global initiatives, such as the UN Human Development Index;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Emphasises that any action taken in support of children’s rights should respect the primordial role of the child’s parents and immediate family as well as primary caretakers and guardians, and in particular the need to improve the position of mothers;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Points out that responsibility for ensuring a nation's well-being and wealth lies with its government and Parliament, which owes its legitimacy to the democratic process, and not with civil society in its various manifestations;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Stresses that the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness fails to take account of a series of factors which should be central to the 'beyond GDP' debate on development, as its basic premise is that any economic growth will reduce poverty, an assumption which reinforces the limited vision of the developmentalist approach while overlooking the correlation between aid and a whole range of challenging development issues such as debt cancellation, a sustainable environment, fairer trade agreements, human development, intergenerational solidarity, etc.