Sustainable nations : what do aggregate indicators tell us?

J. Ram Pillarisetti; Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh

What is a 'sustainable nation’ and how can we identify and rank ‘sustainable nations’? Are nations producing and consuming in a sustainable way? Aggregate indicators have been proposed to answer these questions. This paper quantitatively compares three aggregate indicators of sustainability: the World Bank’s ‘Genuine Savings’ measure, the ‘Ecological Footprint’ and the ‘Environmental Sustainability Index’. It is concluded that rankings of sustainable nations vary significantly among these indicators. Implications of this disagreement for analysis and policy are suggested.

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Pillarisetti, Janaki Ram ; Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den
Publisher:	Rotterdam [u.a.] : Tinbergen Inst.
Subject:	Adjusted Net Savings \| Ecological Debt \| Ecological Footprint \| Environmental Sustainability Index \| Genuine Savings \| Sustainability \| Nachhaltige Entwicklung \| Sustainable development \| Sparen \| Savings \| Welt \| World \| Entwicklungsindikator \| Development indicator \| Umweltbelastung \| Pollution \| Nachhaltigkeit \| Umweltökonomische Gesamtrechnung \| Green national accounting \| Messung \| Measurement \| Wirtschaftsindikator \| Economic indicator

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (20 S.) graph. Darst.
Series:	Discussion paper / Tinbergen Institute. - Rotterdam [u.a.] : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 0929-0834, ZDB-ID 2435783-2. - Vol. 2008,012
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/86679 [Handle]
Classification:	O1 - Economic Development ; Q2 - Renewable Resources and Conservation; Environmental Management ; Q28 - Government Policy ; F0 - International Economics. General
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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