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The Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW) for Italy
Guenno, Giorgio; Tiezzi, Silvia - 1998
We try to build a macroeconomic index, that includes some non-market variables, to be compared to the traditional GDP … optimisation to rigorously derive an index that can be used to evaluate small projects and their contribution to well being … "welfare" as compared to GDP. Our work falls in the third category. We start from the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare …
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Hidden linkages between resources and economy : a "Beyond-GDP" approach using alternative welfare indicators
Kalimeris, Panos; Bithas, Konstantinos; Richardson, Clive; … - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 169 (2020), pp. 1-14
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Green Economy : nachhaltige Wohlfahrt messbar machen unter Nutzung der umweltökonomischen Gesamtrechnungs-(UGR) Daten
Lutz, Christian; Zieschank, Roland; Drosdowski, Thomas - Deutschland / Umweltbundesamt - 2015
Dieser Bericht enthält die Ergebnisse des Forschungsvorhabens "Green Economy: Nachhaltige Wohlfahrt messbar machen unter Nutzung der UGR-Daten". Er trägt dazu bei, Fortschritte beim Übergang zu einer Green Economy messbar und somit für den politischen Entscheidungsprozess in Deutschland...
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Towards contribution analysis
Hodge, R. Anthony - 2017
Since the early 1990s, at least 45 initiatives have been mounted to improve the environmental and social performance of the mining industry across the world. Many changes in the formal legal and regulatory systems have also been introduced. However, no systematic approach has been adopted to...
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Financing Slum Upgrading in Indonesia : Can Sustainability Reinvestment Help?
Sugiri, Agung - 2012
Sheltering for the urban poor of developing countries, like Indonesia, has been facing problems. Slums, characterised by crowded, unhealthy environment, poor quality buildings, and lacking public facilities and infrastructure have been of much concern. Around 24-62% of urban population in...
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Towards a Sustainable Islamic Microfinance Model in Pakistan
Shaikh, Salman Ahmed Ahmed - 2017
According to SDPI estimates, poverty rate in Pakistan has roughly returned to the mid-thirties level of the 90s era. Some 58.7 million Pakistanis are classified as poor while Microfinance beneficiaries are only 2.35 million people. The progress and penetration of Islamic Microfinance is even...
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Liberia : Sustaining the Transition to Peace and Recovery
Boya Resta, Odette - 2006
Liberia has generated great interest in international policy circles in recent years. The United States has provided a leadership role in focusing attention on this war battered country. While Liberians and observers acknowledge this attention, questions about concrete commitment to aid remain....
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Endangering the natural basis of life is unjust : on the status and future of the sustainability discourse
Becker, Christian; Ewringmann, Dieter; Faber, Malte; … - 2012
The paper critically examines the status of the sustainability discourse and sustainability politics against the backdrop of considerations about the meaning of justice in the context of sustainability. We argue that the preservation of the natural basis of life is by itself a requirement of...
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Endangering the natural basis of life is unjust. On the status and future of the sustainability discourse
Becker, Christian; Ewringmann, Dieter; Faber, Malte; … - 2012
The paper critically examines the status of the sustainability discourse and sustainability politics against the backdrop of considerations about the meaning of justice in the context of sustainability. We argue that the preservation of the natural basis of life is by itself a requirement of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422233
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The impact of the accountability on accounting development as the essence of sustainability accounting
Zyznarska-Dworczak, Beata - In: Problems of management in the 21st century 14 (2019) 1, pp. 73-83
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