Are East African countries sustainable? Comparative analysis of two composite indicators
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<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30432-8_9" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30432-8_9</a>
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<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30432-8_9" target="_blank" >10.1007/978-3-319-30432-8_9</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Are East African countries sustainable? Comparative analysis of two composite indicators
Original language description
This chapter assesses the extent to which the development of five East African countries is sustainable. It starts with an overview of the concepts and measurement of sustainability, focusing on composite indicators. The main part of the chapter presents an analysis of two composite indicators (Adjusted Net Savings and Ecological Footprint) as applied to five East African countries (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda). For each of the two indicators, we provide a short overview of the concept, a critique and an analysis of the results and policy implications. The results show that only one of the countries is unsustainable in Adjusted Net Savings, while the Ecological Footprint shows either all five countries as sustainable or all five as unsustainable, depending on the interpretation of bio-capacity. Since the indicators lead to different conclusions on countries' sustainabilty, we analyse the implications and discuss to what extent these indicators can be used for assesing country sustainability.
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
AH - Economics
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Book/collection name
Economic integration, currency union, and sustainable and inclusive growth in East Africa
ISBN
978-3-319-30431-1
Number of pages of the result
20
Pages from-to
151-170
Number of pages of the book
232
Publisher name
Springer Iinternational Publishing
Place of publication
Heidelberg
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