what are the component indicators of the gpi 
the gpi consists of 26 indicators grouped into three categories social economic and environmental 2 each measures a different condition of the economy within the social category you will find crime family structure academics and more in the environmental category you will find pollution climate change and other factors that positively or negatively affect the environment who created the genuine progress indicator taking on simon kuznets s disclaimer that gdp could not adequately tell how a nation is faring overall clifford cobb developed the genuine progress indicator gpi along with ted halstead and jonathan rowe in 1995 3the bottom linegenuine progress indicator gpi is an economic tool used to measure the health of a nation s economy it incorporates environmental and social factors such as family structure benefits from higher education crime and pollution not considered in the gdp gpi determines whether these other factors negatively or positively the economy and can provide a holistic view into how they affect the lives and welfare of society 