Let me now share with you my personal satisfaction in having contributed to launching a project that has organized such a wide and knowledgeable team of institutions which can significantly improve the statistical data for welfare analysis in developing countries and in our countries too.
Contributing to the achievement of a world free of poverty is the ultimate goal for which all economists should bear responsibility. To this end, economic growth, although necessary, may not be a sufficient condition for everyone to make progress. Nowadays there is great concern about the possible effects of technical progress and globalization on inequality.