Green National Accounts: Policy Uses and Empirical Experience

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July 1996
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World Bank Group
This report examines the potential policy uses of the different varieties of resource and environmental accounts, particularly greener national accounting aggregates such as genuine savings and 'Eco-Domestic Product'. In addition to providing some background on National Accounting and the System of integrated Environmental and Economic Accounts (SEEA), it details concrete policy uses of resource and environmental accounts and reports on experiences published on this type of accounting in Costa Rica, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and the United States. 

 

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Costa Rica, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, United States of America
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Indicators and Measurement, Natural Capital

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