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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.78,0:00:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the fourth of January, 1934,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.94,0:00:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A young man delivered a report
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.75,0:00:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the United States Congress
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.38,0:00:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that 80 years on,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.06,0:00:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still shapes the lives of\Neveryone in this room today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.09,0:00:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still shapes the lives of\Neveryone on this planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.63,0:00:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That young man wasn't a politician,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.36,0:00:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he wasn't a businessman,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.32,0:00:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a civil rights activist,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.92,0:00:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a faith leader.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.42,0:00:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was that most unlikely of heroes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.95,0:00:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an economist.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.01,0:00:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His name was Simon Kuznets
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.75,0:00:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the report that he delivered was called,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.70,0:00:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"National Income, 1929-32."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.80,0:00:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you might think,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.83,0:00:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"this is a rather dry and dull report."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.10,0:00:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're absolutely right.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.80,0:00:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's dry as a bone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.55,0:00:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this report is the foundation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.57,0:01:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how, today, we judge the \Nsuccess of countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.26,0:01:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we know best as\NGross Domestic Product,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.05,0:01:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GDP.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.36,0:01:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GDP has defined and shaped our lives
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.78,0:01:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the last 80 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.32,0:01:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And today I want to talk about \N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.68,0:01:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a different way to measure\Nthe success of countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.52,0:01:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A different way to define \Nand shape our lives
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.07,0:01:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the next 80 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.23,0:01:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But first, we have to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.20,0:01:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how GDP came to\Ndominate our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.32,0:01:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kuznet's report was delivered
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.99,0:01:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at a moment of crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.88,0:01:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The U.S. economy was plumetting
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.73,0:01:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the Great Depression
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.35,0:01:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and policy makers were \Nstruggling to respond.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.43,0:01:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Struggling because they didn't\Nknow what was going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.10,0:01:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't have data and statistics.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.36,0:01:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what Kuznet's report gave them
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.78,0:01:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was reliable data on what \Nthe U.S. economy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.37,0:01:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was producing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.66,0:01:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,updated year by year.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.76,0:02:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And armed with this information,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.60,0:02:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,policy makers were, eventually,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.08,0:02:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,able to find a way out \Nof the slump.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.04,0:02:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because Kuznet's invention
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.30,0:02:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was found to be so useful,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.08,0:02:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it spread around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.76,0:02:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now today, every country
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.85,0:02:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,produces GDP statistics.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.42,0:02:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, in that first report,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.92,0:02:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kuznets himself delivered a warning.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.83,0:02:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's in the introductory chapter,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.75,0:02:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,page 7 he says,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.48,0:02:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The welfare of a nation can, therefore,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.40,0:02:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scarcely be inferred
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.93,0:02:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a measurement of \Nnational income
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.04,0:02:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as defined above."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.60,0:02:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not the greatest sound \Nbite in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.10,0:02:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's dressed up in the \Ncoursest language
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.53,0:02:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the economist.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.76,0:02:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But his message was clear,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.03,0:02:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GDP is a tool
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.60,0:02:49.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help us measure\Neconomic performance.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.100,0:02:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not a measure\Nof our wellbeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.90,0:02:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it shouldn't be a guide
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.56,0:02:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to all decision making.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.78,0:02:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we have ignored
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.14,0:03:00.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kuznet's warning.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.91,0:03:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in a world where
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.87,0:03:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GDP is the benchmark of sucess
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.28,0:03:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a global economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.18,0:03:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our politicians boast when\NGDP goes up.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.87,0:03:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Markets move
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.09,0:03:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trillions of dollars of capital
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.56,0:03:14.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,move around the world
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.99,0:03:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on which countries\Nare going up
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.09,0:03:18.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and which countries \Nare going down,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.99,0:03:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all measured in GDP.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.20,0:03:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our societies have become
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.53,0:03:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,engines to create more GDP.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.35,0:03:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we know that GDP is flawed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.44,0:03:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It ignores the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.97,0:03:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It counts bombs and prisons as progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.95,0:03:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can't count happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.81,0:03:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or community.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.23,0:03:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it has nothing to say
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.86,0:03:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about fairness or justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.85,0:03:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it any surprise
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.29,0:03:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our world,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.32,0:03:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,marching to the drum beat of GDP,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.36,0:03:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is teetering on the brink
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.81,0:03:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of environmental disaster
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.85,0:03:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and filled with anger and conflict?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.94,0:03:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need a better way\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.94,0:04:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to measure our societies.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.34,0:04:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A measure based on the real things
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.89,0:04:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that matter to real people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.70,0:04:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do I have enough to eat?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.69,0:04:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I read and write?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.18,0:04:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I safe?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.88,0:04:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do I have rights?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.10,0:04:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do I live in a society where\NI'm not discriminated against?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.25,0:04:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is my future
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.28,0:04:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the future of my children
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.03,0:04:24.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prevented from environmental destruction?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.61,0:04:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are questions that GDP
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.28,0:04:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not and cannot answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.39,0:04:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There have, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.76,0:04:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been efforts in the past
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.92,0:04:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to move beyond GDP.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.84,0:04:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I believe that we're living
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.33,0:04:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a moment when we
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.53,0:04:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are ready for a measurement revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.33,0:04:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're ready because we've seen,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.63,0:04:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the financial crisis of 2008,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.86,0:04:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how our fetish for economic growth
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.68,0:04:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,led us so far astray.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.11,0:04:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've seen, in the Arab Spring,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.10,0:04:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how countries like Tunisia
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.94,0:04:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were supposedly economic superstars
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.86,0:05:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they were societies
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.22,0:05:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were seething with discontentment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.80,0:05:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're ready because today
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.56,0:05:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have the technology
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.17,0:05:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to gather and analyze data
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.50,0:05:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in ways that would have been
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.90,0:05:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unimaginable to Kuznets.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.94,0:05:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, I'd like to introduce you to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.81,0:05:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Social Progress Index.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.75,0:05:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a measure of the wellbeing of society,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.16,0:05:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completely separate from GDP.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.25,0:05:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a whole new way\N[Social Progress Index]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.59,0:05:28.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of looking at the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.85,0:05:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Social Progress Index
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.18,0:05:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,begins by defining what it
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.75,0:05:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means to be a good society
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.87,0:05:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based around three dimensions:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.94,0:05:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first is, does everyone have\Nthe basic needs for survival?:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.50,0:05:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Food, water, shelter, safety.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.48,0:05:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secondly, does everyone have
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.60,0:05:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,access to the building blocks
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.23,0:05:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to improve their lives?:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.99,0:05:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Education, information, health\Nand sustainable environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.69,0:05:55.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then third,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.61,0:05:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does every individual have access
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.63,0:06:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a chance to pursue their goals
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.76,0:06:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dreams and ambitions
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.26,0:06:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,free from obstacles?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.67,0:06:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do they have rights,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.11,0:06:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freedom of choice,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.57,0:06:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freedom from discrimination
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.18,0:06:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and access to the the world's\Nmost advanced knowledge?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.98,0:06:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together, these 12 components
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.95,0:06:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,form the Social Progress framework.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.44,0:06:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for each of these 12 components,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.29,0:06:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have indicators to measure
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.97,0:06:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how these countries are performing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.05,0:06:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not indicators of effort or intention,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.07,0:06:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but real achievement.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.34,0:06:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't measure how much\Na country spends on healthcare,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.58,0:06:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we measure the length and quality
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.95,0:06:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people's lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.91,0:06:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't measure whether governments
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.68,0:06:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pass laws against discrimination,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.06,0:06:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we measure whether people \Nexperience discrimination.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.30,0:06:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, what you want to know
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.18,0:06:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is who's top, don't you?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.18,0:06:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew that, I knew that, I knew that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.30,0:06:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, I'm going to show you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.40,0:06:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to show you on this chart.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.32,0:06:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here we are,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.93,0:06:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I've done here is \Nput on the vertical axis
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.89,0:07:01.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.27,0:07:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Higher is better.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.70,0:07:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, just for comparison,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.50,0:07:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just for fun,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.82,0:07:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the horizontal axis,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.59,0:07:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is GDP per capita.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.20,0:07:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Further to the right is more.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.63,0:07:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.27,0:07:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the country in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.97,0:07:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the highest social progress,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.39,0:07:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number one country on social progress
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.72,0:07:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is New Zealand.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.88,0:07:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.05,0:07:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well done. I've never been, must go!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.22,0:07:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.87,0:07:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The country with the least social progress,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.52,0:07:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sorry to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.39,0:07:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is Chad.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.08,0:07:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've never been, maybe next year.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.07,0:07:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.88,0:07:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe the year after.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.53,0:07:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I know what you're thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.46,0:07:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're thinking, "Aha!,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.78,0:07:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but New Zealand has a higher GDP
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.99,0:07:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than Chad.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.19,0:07:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a good point, well made.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.80,0:07:56.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But let me show you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.81,0:07:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two other countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.37,0:08:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.68,0:08:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,considerably richer than New Zealand,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.24,0:08:06.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but with a lower level of social progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.15,0:08:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then here's Senegal,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.63,0:08:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's got a higher level \Nof social progress
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.48,0:08:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than Chad,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.33,0:08:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the same level of GDP.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.83,0:08:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what's going on?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.73,0:08:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, look.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.34,0:08:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me bring in the rest of \Nthe countries of the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.73,0:08:21.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 132 we've been able to measure,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.01,0:08:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each one represented by a dot.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.75,0:08:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are lots of dots.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.58,0:08:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, obviously I can't do all of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.50,0:08:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so a few highlights for you:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.32,0:08:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the highest ranked G7 country is Canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.12,0:08:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My country, the United Kingdom,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.19,0:08:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is sort of middling, sort of dull,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.18,0:08:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but who cares,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.28,0:08:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least we beat the french.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.24,0:08:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.18,0:08:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then looking at the emerging economies,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.34,0:08:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bricks, top of the bricks, pleased to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.84,0:08:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is Brazil.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.51,0:08:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.31,0:08:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come on, cheer!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.14,0:09:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go, Brazil!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.34,0:09:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beating South Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.68,0:09:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then Russia,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.73,0:09:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then China
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.00,0:09:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then India.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.47,0:09:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tucked away on the right-hand side,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.94,0:09:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will see a dot of a country with
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.03,0:09:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of GDP but not
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.48,0:09:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a huge amount of social progress,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.32,0:09:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's Kuwait.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.20,0:09:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just above Brazil
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.87,0:09:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a social progress superpower,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.41,0:09:21.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's Costa Rica.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.01,0:09:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's got a level of social progress
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.40,0:09:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same as some \NWestern European countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.66,0:09:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a much lower GDP.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.68,0:09:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, my slide is getting a little cluttered
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.02,0:09:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'd like to step back a bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.51,0:09:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let me take away these countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.11,0:09:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then pop in the regression line.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.95,0:09:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this shows the average relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.66,0:09:39.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between GDP and social progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.21,0:09:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first thing to notice,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.40,0:09:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that there's lots of noise
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.19,0:09:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the trend line.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.24,0:09:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what this shows,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.28,0:09:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what this impiracially demonstrates,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.16,0:09:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that GDP is not destiny.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.52,0:09:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At every level of GDP per capita,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.40,0:09:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are opportunities
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.10,0:09:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for more social progress,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.54,0:10:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,risks of less.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.23,0:10:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second thing to notice
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.50,0:10:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that for poor countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.56,0:10:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the curve is really steep.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.83,0:10:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what this tells us is that
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.81,0:10:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if poor countries can get
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.06,0:10:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit of extra GDP,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.17,0:10:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if they reinvest that in
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.04,0:10:15.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doctors, nurses, water supplies,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.63,0:10:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sanitation, etcetera,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.04,0:10:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a lot of social progress bang
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.08,0:10:20.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for your GDP buck.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.69,0:10:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's good news
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.49,0:10:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's what we've seen
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.27,0:10:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the past 20, 30 years
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.96,0:10:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a lot of people lifted out of poverty
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.72,0:10:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by economic growth and good policies
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.27,0:10:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in poorer countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.04,0:10:32.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But go on a bit further up the curve,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.59,0:10:34.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we see it flattening out.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.77,0:10:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each extra dollar of GDP
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.60,0:10:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is buying less and less
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.46,0:10:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.37,0:10:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with more and more
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.46,0:10:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the world's population
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.51,0:10:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living on this part of the curve,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.49,0:10:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,`It means GDP is becoming
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.30,0:10:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,less and less useful
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.55,0:10:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a guide to our development.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.60,0:10:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll show you an example of Brazil.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.10,0:10:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's Brazil,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.97,0:10:56.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social progress of about
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.29,0:10:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,70 out of 100.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.84,0:11:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GDP per capita about \N14,000 dollars a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.82,0:11:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And look, Brazil's above the line.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.26,0:11:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brazil is doing a reasonably good job
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.14,0:11:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of turning GDP into social progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.80,0:11:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But where does Brazil go next?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.45,0:11:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's say that Brazil
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.97,0:11:13.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adopts a bold economic plan
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.100,0:11:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to double GDP in the next decade.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.56,0:11:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that is only half a plan.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.86,0:11:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's less than half a plan
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.93,0:11:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because where does Brazil
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.10,0:11:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want to go on social progress?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.68,0:11:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brazil, it's possible
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.90,0:11:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to increase your growth,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.24,0:11:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,increase your GDP,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.82,0:11:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while stagnating or going backwards
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.71,0:11:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on social progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.58,0:11:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't want Brazil
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.36,0:11:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become like Russia.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.23,0:11:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you really want
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.36,0:11:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is for Brazil
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.58,0:11:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get eve more efficient
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.94,0:11:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at creating social progress
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.89,0:11:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from its GDP
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.24,0:11:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it becomes more like New Zealand.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.28,0:11:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what that means is that
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.12,0:11:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brazil needs to prioritize social progress
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.78,0:11:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in its development plan
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.47,0:11:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see that it's not just growth alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.88,0:11:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its growth with social progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.96,0:12:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what the Social Program Index does.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.15,0:12:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It reframes the debate about development,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.96,0:12:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just about GDP alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.03,0:12:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but inclusive, sustainable growth
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.40,0:12:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that brings real improvements
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.44,0:12:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in people's lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.12,0:12:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And its not just about countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.55,0:12:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Earlier this year,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.90,0:12:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our friends from the Imazon non-profit
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.22,0:12:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here in Brazil, we launched
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.40,0:12:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first subnational
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.38,0:12:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Social Progress Index.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.02,0:12:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We did it for the Amaaon region,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.87,0:12:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's an area the size of Europe,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.56,0:12:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,24 million people,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.97,0:12:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the most deprived \Nparts of the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.44,0:12:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here are the results,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.25,0:12:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is broken down
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.01,0:12:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into nearly 800 different municipalities:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.69,0:12:44.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with this detailed information
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.21,0:12:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the real quality of life
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.43,0:12:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this part of the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.35,0:12:50.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imazon and other partners
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.03,0:12:52.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from government, business and civil society
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.69,0:12:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can work together to construct
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.23,0:12:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a development plan
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.68,0:12:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will help really improve\Npeople's lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.34,0:13:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while protecting that precious, global asset
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.25,0:13:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is the Amazon rainforest.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.56,0:13:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is just the beginning,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.12,0:13:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can create a Social Progress Index
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.50,0:13:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for any state,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.55,0:13:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,region,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.32,0:13:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,city
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.24,0:13:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or municipality.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.24,0:13:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all know and love TEDx,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.97,0:13:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is SOCIALPROGRESSx.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.26,0:13:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a tool for anyone
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.58,0:13:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come and use.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.70,0:13:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contrary to the ways we sometimes
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.88,0:13:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talk about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.03,0:13:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GDP was not handed down from God
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.78,0:13:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on tablets of stone.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.95,0:13:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a measurement tool
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.55,0:13:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,invented in the 20th-century
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.85,0:13:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to address the challenges
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.02,0:13:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the 20th-century.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.14,0:13:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the 21st-century,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.00,0:13:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we face new challenges:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.69,0:13:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aging, obesity, climate change,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.51,0:13:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.62,0:13:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To face those challenges,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.22,0:13:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need new tools of measurement,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.94,0:13:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new ways of valuing progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.25,0:13:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine if we could measure
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.40,0:13:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what non-profits, charities,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.92,0:14:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,volunteers, civil society organizations
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.17,0:14:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really contribute to our society.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.96,0:14:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine if businesses competed
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.87,0:14:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just on the basis of\Ntheir economic contribution,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.50,0:14:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but on their contribution
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.96,0:14:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to social progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.62,0:14:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine if we could hold
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.08,0:14:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,politicians to account
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.95,0:14:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for really improving people's lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.52,0:14:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine if we could work together,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.73,0:14:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,governments, business,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.19,0:14:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,civil society,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.68,0:14:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me, you
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.61,0:14:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make this century
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.34,0:14:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the century of social progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.70,0:14:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.78,0:14:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)