1. An Assessment of the Applicability of Sustainability Measurement Tools to Resource-Based Economies of the Commonwealth of Independent States
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Tatyana Ponomarenko, Oksana Marinina, and Marina Nevskaya
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Index (economics) ,assessment ,Geography, Planning and Development ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,TJ807-830 ,02 engineering and technology ,010501 environmental sciences ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,TD194-195 ,01 natural sciences ,Renewable energy sources ,Economics ,Per capita ,GE1-350 ,Human Development Index ,021102 mining & metallurgy ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Sustainable development ,resource-based economy ,sustainable development ,Environmental effects of industries and plants ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,indicators ,Environmental sciences ,Gross national income ,Economy ,Environmental Performance Index ,Sustainability measurement ,Performance indicator ,mineral resources - Abstract
The concept of sustainable development (SD) is aimed at ensuring public well-being for the present and future generations. Hundreds of methods have been proposed for assessing and comparing the sustainable development of countries and analyzing their contribution to the future of the world. When applied to resource-based economies (RBEs), assessment tools do not take into account the value and impact of mineral resources on SD indicators. The purpose of the study is to reveal the limitations of applying some tools by taking into consideration the specific features of RBEs. Research methods include a correlation analysis between gross national income (GNI) per capita and aggregated indices (the Sustainable Society Index (SSI), the Human Development Index (HDI), and the Environmental Performance Index (EPI)), a comparative analysis of these indices and mining companies&rsquo, performance indicators. Object Eurasian RBEs were selected, but Norway was analyzed separately from the sample. The results of the study show that correlations between GNI per capita and SD indicators are heterogeneous. There is no statistically significant correlation between GNI per capita and SSI, a strong correlation with HDI, and a weak correlation with EPI. The EPI and SSI structures do not reflect the specific features of RBEs.
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- 2020
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