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Agrowth("almost agnostic or atheistic about growth”) is a concept ineconomic policy according to which it is preferable to be indifferent to thegrowth of gross domestic product (GDP growth) when devising policies to further economic and societal progress.[1][2] The reasoning behind agrowth is that GDP growth does notcorrelate closely with such progress.[3][4]
The concept has been particularly discussed in the context of environmental policy, where it is opposed to bothgreen growth anddegrowth.[4] Agrowth is supported by many scientists.[2][5][6]
^van den Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. (March 2011). "Environment versus growth — A criticism of 'degrowth' and a plea for 'a-growth'".Ecological Economics.70 (5):881–890.doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.09.035.
^Kalimeris, Panos; Richardson, Clive; Bithas, Kostas (March 2014). "A meta-analysis investigation of the direction of the energy-GDP causal relationship: implications for the growth-degrowth dialogue".Journal of Cleaner Production.67:1–13.doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.12.040.
^Lehmann, Cathérine; Delbard, Olivier; Lange, Steffen (February 2022). "Green growth, a-growth or degrowth? Investigating the attitudes of environmental protection specialists at the German Environment Agency".Journal of Cleaner Production.336: 130306.doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.130306.S2CID245721607.
