Meet the editor

Ryan M. Yonk is a senior faculty fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, Massachusetts. He holds a Ph.D. from Georgia State University and an MS and BS from Utah State University. He has held academic positions at North Dakota State University, Utah State University, and Southern Utah University, and was one of the founders of the Strata Policy. He is the author or editor of numerous books including *Politics and Quality of* 

*Life: The Role of Well-Being in Political Outcomes*, *Green V. Green,* and *Nature Unbound: Bureaucracy vs. the Environment*. He has also (co) authored numerous articles in academic journals including *Public Choice*, *Applied Research in Quality of Life*, and the *Journal of Private Enterprise.* His research explores how policy can be better crafted to achieve greater individual autonomy and prosperity.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Preface XI**

Improving Quality of Life Generally **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 21**

**Chapter 3 25**

**Chapter 4 43**

Studies in Quality of Life Improvement **63**

**Chapter 5 65**

**Chapter 6 81**

**Chapter 7 93**

Intergenerational Support Networks and Wellbeing in Old Age

Economic and Financial Crimes and the Development of Society *by Monica Violeta Achim, Sorin Nicolae Borlea, Viorela Ligia Văidean, Decebal Remus Florescu, Eugenia Ramona Mara and Ionut Constantin Cuceu*

Role of Green Spaces for Maintaining Well-Being in Residential

Standard of Living, Well-Being and Community Development:

*by Rodreck Mupedziswa, Tumani Malinga and Poloko Nuggert Ntshwarang*

The Reform in Government Expenditure and the Standard of Living

Assessing the Sustainability of Community-Driven Development Projects

*by Piya Wongpit, Alay Phonvisay, Keuangkham Sisengnam* 

*by Sónia Guadalupe and Henrique Testa Vicente*

GDP *Almost Perfectly* Predicts Survival *by Gordon G. Bechtel and Timothy Bechtel*

Community Development

The Case of Botswana

*by Prashanti Rao*

**Section 2**

in Bahrain *by Fatema Alaali*

in Lao PDR

*and Bounmy Inthakesone*
