<P> 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 . 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-directional gross domestic product (GDP) measure . 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 Co-ordinator . The Final Report was published in September 2009 . An additional contribution from the aforementioned three main organizers which specifically addresses the Financial Crisis (as of 2007) is also available . </P>

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