Measuring progress for London
In the UK the Citizen Prosperity Index has been produced as part of Prosperity in East London 2021–2031, a 10-year study tracking the prosperity of over 4,000 households in areas where large-scale and long-term urban regeneration is underway.
The study investigates how regeneration investments are affecting local communities with a focus on understanding who is thriving and who is struggling. Findings highlight how being secure is the foundation of prosperity and depends on much more than income and employment.
For almost a decade, citizen scientists and academic researchers have worked with the London Prosperity Board, an innovative cross-sector partnership that brings together local and central government, public agencies, businesses, community organisations, and research institutes to collectively rethink what shared and sustainable prosperity means for this area of the city.
The goal of the London Prosperity Board is to pilot, test, scale, and mainstream new evidence and new ways of working that bring about meaningful changes to decision-making and deliver enhanced prosperity of people and places.
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Citizen Prosperity Index and Livelihood Security
The Citizen Prosperity Index reports on 14 headline indicators that were identified as most important to the prosperity of local communities. Each of the headline indicators falls under one of the 5 key prosperity domains:
- Foundations of Prosperity
- Health & Healthy Environments
- Belonging, Identities & Culture
- Opportunities & Aspirations
- Power, Voice & Influence
Two phases of research by citizen scientists and IGP researchers found a 'secure livelihood' was consistently identified as the most important factor to people's prosperity.
The first wave of Prosperity in east London 2021-2031 data shows that livelihood insecurity is becoming entrenched. Building on this key insight, the four Growth Boroughs (Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest) have ad