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Social Progress Index

Social progress is defined as the capacity of a society to meet the basic human needs of its citizens, establish the building blocks that allow citizens and communities to enhance and sustain the quality of their lives, and create the conditions for all individuals to reach their full potential. Our research supports the development of effective measurement tools for social progress.

 

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Median Household Income and Social Progress by State

The Social Progress Index

2018 Social Progress Index: Executive Summary
2017 Social Progress Index

The Social Progress Imperative’s mission is to improve the lives of people around the world, particularly the least well off, by helping government, the private sector and the nonprofit sector to collaborate more effectively and make better use of the resources available to solve pressing social and environmental problems. Our goal is to effect this change by providing those stakeholders with useful, timely information to help them make better choices.

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