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Challenges of the Crisis: How to Measure Sustainable Development?
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2015-1-147-160
Abstract
The article emphasizes the fact that traditional socio-economic indicators do not reflect the challenges of sustainable development adequately, and this is particularly true for the widely-used GDP indicator. In this connection the elaboration of sustainable development indicators is needed, taking into account economic, social and environmental factors. For Russia, adaptation and use of concepts and basic principles of calculation methods for adjusted net savings index (World Bank) and human development index (UNDP) as integral indicators can be promising. The authors have developed the sustainable development index for Russia, which aggregates and allows taking into account balanced economic, social and environmental indicators.
About the Authors
S. Bobylev
Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
N. Zubarevich
Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
S. Solovyeva
Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Bobylev S., Zubarevich N., Solovyeva S. Challenges of the Crisis: How to Measure Sustainable Development? Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2015;(1):147-160. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2015-1-147-160
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