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e-Frame Convergence Report
Jan Pieter Smits
Rutger Hoekstra
Niels Schoenaker
Statistics Netherlands
Number of systems to measure
SD/progress (Cumulative)
2
Question to the audience
3
Number of countries with national
income estimates
100
80
60
Econometric models
Keynes theory
Input-output analysis
40
20
0
1900
1920
1940
1960
4
GDP and Beyond: Why convergence?
– Arguments for convergence
‐ One message for society
‐ International comparability
‐ Working together
– Arguments against convergence
‐ Countries have different preferences (Stakeholder involvement)
– Misconceptions
‐ It is just a matter of choosing one of the current systems
‐ Convergence leaves no flexibility
‐ This is the golden ticket to success in GDP and Beyond
‐ The convergence process needs to be started now
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Stocktaking of convergence initiatives
SCALE
LEVEL
National
Sustainable development, Wellbeing,
Happiness, Sustainability, Green
Growth, Resource efficiency,
Corporate Social Responsibility,
Integrated reporting, Footprint etc.
Conceptual
convergence
STAKEHOLDER
Government
Regional
Regional
government
Company
Companies
Product
Consumers
Example:
Measuring what matters (UK)
CBS/GRI/TSC (The Netherlands)
Horizontal
convergence
Example:
System of Environmental and Economic
accounts (SEEA)
Global Reporting Initiative
Vertical
convergence
6
Conceptual convergence (National level)
Progress
“Here and now”
Well-being
Economic
capital
Sustainable development
“Later” (Sustainability)
Natural
Human
capital
capital
Green Growth
“Elsewhere”
Social
capital
Capital approach /Wealth accounting (World Bank) (mid 90s)
Conceptual model is:
-Consistent to National Accounts
-Linked to economic models
UNECE/Eurostat/OECD WG on Statistics on Sustainable development (2005-2009)
Stiglitz-Sen-Fittousi report (2009)/Sponsorship Group (Eurostat/INSEE)
CES recommendations (UNECE-Eurostat-OECD (2009-2013)
7
Number of systems to measure
SD/progress (Cumulative)
8
Case study: Measurement systems
SD/progress
–
Database
‐ 12 composites (economic and non-economic)
‐ 43 Sustainable Development Indicator Sets
• 24 out of 28 EU countries
9
SD at national level: SDI sets
10
SD at national level: Popular indicators
Themes
TH1. Subjective well-being
TH2. Consumption and income
TH3. Nutrition
TH4. Health
TH5. Labour
TH6. Education
TH7. Housing
TH8. Leisure
TH9. Physical safety
TH10. Land and ecosystems
TH11. Water
TH12. Air quality
TH13. Climate
TH14. Energy resources
TH15. Mineral resources
TH16. Trust
TH17. Institutions
TH18. Physical capital
TH19. Knowledge capital
TH20. Financial capital
Most used indicator
Life satisfaction
Gross Domestic Product
Drinking water
Life expectancy at birth
Unemployment rate
Educational attainment
Housing quality
Leisure time
Recorded crime
Protected areas
Water quality
Acidifying emissions
GHG emissions
Energy intensity
Generation of waste
Voluntary work
Voter turnout in elections
Gross fixed capital formation
R&D expenditures
Government debt
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SD at national level: Country differences
Biased to higher income countries Biased to lower income countries
Obesity prevalence
Wastewater treatment
Official Development Assistance
Sanitation
Physical exercise
Drinking water
Smoking prevalence
Land degradation
Mental well-being
Biofuel
Voluntary work
Literacy rate
Family/friends/neighbours
E-government
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Conclusions
– We can learn from the history of National accounts/GDP
– Bad news
‐ Convergence takes a long time
‐ Adoption takes even longer
‐ Can we really wait several decades?
– Good news
‐ Convergence has already started
‐ Despite their differences there are many similarities ofsystems
– Comments?
‐ Draft report ready by end of February
‐ Want to review? [email protected]
‐ June 2014- final version
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SD at national level: Composites
•
59%
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