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Sustainable Development and Economic Performance Kimberly Burnett March 21, 2007. State Income Accounting Measures Economic Activity Narrowly Defined. But this Measure misses many Aspects of Human Welfare. Biodiverse and Healthy Watersheds?. Oahu Pigs. Maui Goats. Photo credit: JB Friday.
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Sustainable Development and Economic PerformanceKimberly BurnettMarch 21, 2007
State Income Accounting Measures Economic Activity Narrowly Defined
Maui Goats Photo credit: JB Friday
Depreciation of Infrastructure + Watershed Degradation = Sewage Spills
The Economy NATURE Impacts on biodiversity Firms (production) Wastes Inputs Outputs THE ECONOMY Households (consumption) Resource inputs Amenity values Global life-support
Environomy NATURE Impacts on biodiversity Firms (production) Wastes Inputs Outputs THE ECONOMY Households (consumption) Resource inputs Amenity values Global life-support
The Components of GSP • Gross State Product (GSP) is the sum of the following: • Consumption (C) • Investment (I) • Government Expenditures (G) • Net Exports (NE) • GSP = C + I + G + NE
GSP to NSP to GNSP • Another measure is Net State Product, which deducts capital depreciation from GSP • NSP = C + I + G + NE – CD • Green NSP measures environomy. From NSP, subtract • Depreciation of natural capital (biodiversity, aquifers, reefs) • Defensive expenditures (scrubbers on smokestacks to reduce pollution) • Falsely included in NSP in the first place • Subtract again to better reflect net increase in welfare • Residual damages from pollution, congestion, and ecological damages (flooding, sewage spills, leptospirosis) • GNSP = C + I + G + NE – CD – (NCD + 2DE + RPD)
Sustainable/Green Income Accounting • Would include depreciation of natural capital, pollution damages • Better indicator of levels-of-living, forward-looking welfare • GNSP reflects the performance of the environomy