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A lack of practice in assessing sustainable development of Kazakhstan regions for effective territory policy has necessitated studying the experience of environmental and economic indicators application into accounting. The article deals with the assessment of the regional green economy development at the meso level using integral indicators. The recommended practice is based on the approach of applying an environmental and economic indicator in Russia. This approach is based on the World Bank principles for developing the indicator of adjusted net savings. The official statistics of the socio-economic and ecological status of the regions in the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2006–2015 became background of this research. According to the calculations, we have grouped the Kazakhstan regions into three ecological categories. We propose to compare the formed groups with the classification of Kazakhstan regions by the level of economic development taking into account innovative activity, degree of human capital development, regional accessibility and concentration of business as well as the regional gross product per capita. To group regions, we used hierarchical cluster analysis and the Ward’s method. The research findings have revealed the relationship between the level of economic development of the country’s regions and their environmental situation. The majority of regions focused on the industrial development have an average indicator of adjusted net savings. Oil-producing regions have a distinctly negative rate. At the same time, agrarian regions have a high and above the average values of adjusted net savings. Empirical conclusions of this research can be used for developing effective environmental and innovation regional policies. Thus, according to the results of the analysis, we recommend to avoid destructive projects with strong environmental impact in those Kazakhstan’s regions, which have the high values of the index of adjusted net savings and possess the enormous potential of ecosystem services and biodiversity. In the regions with low values, we recommend to increase investment in the implementation of eco-innovation projects and to diversify production in order to reduce the level of ecological loads. © 2018 Institute of Economics Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Даны теоретические аспекты оценки реализации концепции зеленой экономики. Рассмотрена проблема оценки степени развития зеленой экономики на мезоуровне с использованием интегральных индикаторов. Представлены результаты анализа уровня развития зеленой экономики регионов Казахстана. The article has been supported by the state grant of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 0523/GF4 Modernization of Kazakhstan's economy on the principles of green growth : Its regional aspect (State Registration No. 011

Darnaus ekonomikos vystymosi idėja Lietuvoje yra gana nauja, nepakankamai žinoma ir analizuojama. Todėl straipsnyje atlikta darnaus vystymosi Lietuvoje analizė, remiantis pagrindiniais damų ekonomikos vystymąsi apibūdinančiais rodikliais iš ekonominės, aplinkosauginės ir socialinės srities. Tam buvo apžvelgti darnaus ekonomikos vystymosi teoriniai aspektai, išanalizuoti pagrindiniai ekonominės, aplinkosauginės ir socialinės sričių indikatoriai Lietuvoje 2000-2008 m. Išanalizuoti pagrindiniai rodikliai, apibūdinantys šalies ekonominę, aplinkosauginę ir socialinę sritis: bendras vidaus produktas (BVP); tiesioginės užsienio investicijos (TUI); darbo našumo augimo tempas; energijos intensyvumas; teršalų kiekis, išmestas į atmosferą, tenkantis vienam gyventojui; užteršto vandens nuotekų kiekis, tenkantis 1000 gyventojų; atliekų (bendros, komunalinės, gamybos) kiekis, tenkantis 1000 gyventojų; nedarbo lygis; nusikaltimų skaičius; natūrali gyventojų kaita, tenkanti 1000 gyventojų. Tyrimo rezultatai atskleidė, kad Lietuvoje labiau orientuojamasi į ekstensyvią plėtrą. Įgyvendinant darnaus vystymosi koncepciją Lietuvoje šalies ekonomika turi pamažu orientuotis į kokybinį šalies augimą skatinant ūkio inovatyvumą, investicijas į žmogiškąjį kapitalą, verslo ir pramonės sektoriaus bendradarbiavimą. Pagrindinių aplinkosauginių rodiklių dinamikos tendencijos darnaus vystymosi požiūriu vertinamos neigiamai. Buvo per daug orientuojamasi į ekonominę plėtrą ir nebuvo skiriama pakankamai dėmesio aplinkosauginei sričiai. For the Lithuanian society, government and business representatives the idea of sustainable economic development is essentially rather new, insufficiently explored or analyzed. Therefore the analysis of sustainable development in Lithuania which we have carried out in this article is based on the main economic, environmental and social indicators characterizing the sustainable development of the economy. For this purpose we have reviewed the theoretical aspects of the concept of sustainable development, carried out the analysis of the main economic, environmental and social indicators in Lithuania.