Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual Foundations for Price and Cost-of-Living Indexes -- 3 Index Domain -- 4 Evolving Market Baskets: Adjusting Indexes to Account for Quality Change -- 5 New Goods and New Outlets -- 6 The Special Case...

Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Information Technology and the Productivity Paradox -- 3 Individual and Organizational Productivity: Linkages and Processes -- 4 What Is Enough? A Systems Perspective on Individual-Organizational Performance Linkages -- 5 Measuring and...

ASSIGNING ECONOMIC VALUE TO NATURAL RESOURCES -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Overview -- INTRODUCTION -- ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES AND THE NATIONAL ACCOUNTS -- Historical Background -- National Accounts Dilemmas -- ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING CHALLENGES -- ISSUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING --...

Measuring Poverty -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Preface -- Summary and Recommendations -- THE CURRENT POVERTY MEASURE: EVALUATION -- RECOMMENDATION: A NEW POVERTY MEASURE -- SETTING AND UPDATING THE POVERTY THRESHOLD -- ADJUSTING THE THRESHOLD -- DEFINING FAMILY RESOURCES --...

Fostering Industry-Initiated Environmental Protection Efforts -- Copyright -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- NEXT STEPS -- OTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL INITIATIVES -- 1 Introduction -- OVERVIEW -- SCOPE OF THE REPORT -- 2 Examples of Industry-Initiated Environmental Programs...