Advancing a Well-Being Narrative

Expanding How Decision-Makers Think About Progress in Order to Transform Priorities and Actions, and Appendix

Jennifer Messenger, Kirsten Gunst, AAYAAN, Eric Friedenwald-Fishman, Anita Chandra

ResearchPosted on rand.org Oct 20, 2022Published in: Metropolitan Group website (October 2022)

Well-being approaches, slowly gaining traction around the world, set human and planetary well-being as the definition of progress, centering policies, budgets and other actions on that goal. Accelerating this work in cities and countries requires a broader narrative about progress—shifting from "economic growth at all costs" to "well-being for all people." This guide offers insights on expanding the narrative of progress through various policy and communication levers across decisionmakers.

Topics

Document Details

  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2022
  • Pages: 2215
  • Document Number: EP-69018

This publication is part of the RAND external publication series. Many RAND studies are published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, as chapters in commercial books, or as documents published by other organizations.

RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.