Adjusted net saving and welfare change

Yacouba Gnegne
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Yacouba Gnegne: CERDI - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International - UdA - Université d'Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand I - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The World Bank has estimated Adjusted net (or genuine) saving (ANS) as a macro level index of sustainable development. ANS extends the conventional net saving by adding human capital accumulation and deducting natural resources losses. This paper tests ANSas an index of sustainable development. It examines whether ANS explains changes in welfare. Welfare is measured by Infant mortality rate (IMR) and Human Development Index (HDI). The study was conducted in 36 selected developing and developed countries and covers the period 1971–2000. The results suggest a positive and significant relationship between Adjusted net saving and aggregate welfare but weak in magnitude.

Date: 2009
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Published in Ecological Economics, 2009, 68, pp.1127-1139

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