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标题：A tool for future-oriented decision making: combined monetary and biophysical indicators
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作者：Ian Johnson ; Claude Martin
期刊名称：Industry and Environment
印刷版ISSN：0378-9993
出版年度：2002
卷号：25
期号：2
页码：25-25
出版社：United Nations Environment Programme, Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics
摘要：Measuring real progress towards sustainable development is one of the key challenges of our time. After five decades of using GDP as a measure of the wealth of nations, it is widely accepted that while GDP does a good job of accounting for economic output, it does not account for sustainable development because critical assets are missing, particularly natural and human capital. In response, recent research by the World Bank, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Redefining Progress has identified a new approach to accounting for economic activity based on a combination of monetary and biophysical accounts. For decision makers seeking to choose policies for sustainable development, these complementary accounts provide a more complete toolkit than the traditional methods do. A key advantage of these innovative accounting approaches is that each is based on a consistent framework that defines common units of measure, so changes in various assets can be rigorously compared.