what is genuine progress indicator gpi 
a genuine progress indicator gpi is a metric used to measure the economic growth of a country it is often considered an alternative metric to the more well known gross domestic product gdp economic indicator the gpi indicator takes everything the gdp uses into account but adds other figures that represent the cost of the negative effects related to economic activity such as the cost of crime ozone depletion and the cost of resource depletion among others 1the gpi nets the positive and negative results of economic growth to examine whether or not it has benefited people overall 