Towards Green Growth: Monitoring Progress. OECD Indicators
OECD Green Growth Studies
OECD | 25 May 2011 | ISBN: 9264111356 | 147 pages | PDF | 4 MB
OECD Green Growth Studies
OECD | 25 May 2011 | ISBN: 9264111356 | 147 pages | PDF | 4 MB
This book provides measurement tools, including indicators, to support countries’ efforts to achieve economic growth and development, while ensuring that natural assets continue to provide the resources and environmental services on which well-being relies. The strategy proposes a flexible policy framework that can be tailored to different country circumstances and stages of development. This report accompanies the synthesis report Towards Green Growth.
Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Measurement framework
Proposed indicators
Measurement agenda
PART ONE: MONITORING PROGRESS TOWARDS GREEN GROWTH
1. The OECD approach
2. The measurement framework
Indicators of environmental and resource productivity
- Concepts
- Caveats
- Production versus demand-based measures
- GDP, production and material well-being
- Composition of growth and demand
- Looking ahead: two steps towards an enhanced growth accounting framework
The natural asset base and the environmental quality of life
Economic opportunities and policy responses
- Opportunities arising from greening growth
- R&D and innovation
- International trade
- International financial flows
- Prices and taxes
- Regulations and management approaches
- Training and skills development
3. Towards an OECD set of “Green Growth” indicators
The proposed set of indicators
Links to other international initiatives
4. The measurement agenda
A consistent accounting framework
Specific areas for progress
Headline indicators
References
PART TWO: THE INDICATORS
The socio-economic context and characteristics of growth
I Monitoring the environmental and resource productivity of the economy
II Monitoring the natural asset base
III Monitoring the environmental quality of life
IV Monitoring economic opportunities and policy responses
Glossary of terms and definitions
List of acronyms and abbreviations
Annex. Proposed list of OECD indicators: Overview by group and by theme
with TOC BookMarkLinks