Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress
The Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress (CMEPSP), generally referred to as the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission after the surnames of its leaders,{{Cite web |url=http://www.stiglitz-sen-fitoussi.fr/en/index.htm |title=Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress - Home page |access-date=2013-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720212135/http://www.stiglitz-sen-fitoussi.fr/en/index.htm |archive-date=2015-07-20 |url-status=dead }} is a commission of inquiry created by the French Government in 2008. The inquiry examined how the wealth and social progress of a nation could be measured, without relying on the uni-dimensional gross domestic product (GDP) measure.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/business/global/15gdp.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0|title=G.D.P. Seen as Inadequate Measure of Economic Health |last=Jolly|first=David|date=September 14, 2009 |work=The New York Times|accessdate=29 January 2013}} The Commission was formed in February 2008 and Joseph E. Stiglitz was named as the Chair. Amartya Sen was the Economic Adviser and the French Economist Jean-Paul Fitoussi was the Coordinator. The Final Report was published in September 2009.{{Cite web |url=http://www.communityindicators.net/system/publication_pdfs/9/original/Stiglitz_Sen_Fitoussi_2009.pdf?1323961027 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806043140/http://www.communityindicators.net/system/publication_pdfs/9/original/Stiglitz_Sen_Fitoussi_2009.pdf?1323961027 |archive-date=2016-08-06 |url-status=dead }} An additional contribution from the aforementioned three main organizers which specifically addresses the Financial Crisis (as of 2007) is also available.{{Cite web |url=http://www.stiglitz-sen-fitoussi.fr/documents/overview-eng.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211022119/http://www.stiglitz-sen-fitoussi.fr/documents/overview-eng.pdf |archive-date=2014-02-11 |url-status=dead }}