TemaNord 2024:560

A Beyond-GDP View of Nordic Performance

A Beyond-GDP View of Nordic Performance

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Preface Executive summary Sammanfattning 1. Introduction 2. Background and limits to GDP 3. Going beyond GDP 3.1 Extending the SNA: System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA-CF) 3.2 Moving beyond the SNA: Beyond-GDP frameworks 3.2a The Sustainable Development Goals 3.2b The wellbeing economy 3.2c Doughnut Economy 3.3 Beyond-GDP Adjacent Frameworks 4. Nordic research methodology 4.1 Metric selection 4.2 Selected metrics 4.2a Sustainable Development Index 4.2b Transition Performance Index 4.2c Doughnut Economy Indicators 5. Country analyses 5.1 Denmark 5.1a Alternative metric landscape in Denmark 5.1b SDI performance and explanation 5.1c TPI performance and explanation 5.1d Doughnut economy performance and explanation 5.2 Finland 5.2a Alternative metric landscape in Finland 5.2b SDI performance and explanation 5.2c TPI performance and explanation 5.2d Doughnut economy performance and explanation 5.3 Iceland 5.3a Alternative metric landscape in Iceland 5.3b SDI performance and explanation 5.3c TPI performance and explanation 5.3d Doughnut economy performance and explanation 5.4 Norway 5.4a Alternative metric landscape in Norway 5.4b SDI performance and explanation 5.4c TPI performance and explanation 5.4d Doughnut economy performance and explanation 5.5 Sweden 5.5a Alternative metric landscape in Sweden 5.5b SDI performance and explanation 5.5c TPI performance and explanation 5.5d Doughnut economy performance and explanation 6. Comparative analysis of the Nordics and EU 6.1 Sustainable Development Index Comparison 6.2 Transitions Performance Index Comparison 6.3 Doughnut Economy Indicators Comparison 6.3a Comparative analysis from the alternative study 7. Recommendations 7.1 Divergent performance across metrics 7.2 The need to align and improve metrics 7.3 Without governance integration, measurement is meaningless 7.4 There is an urgent need to focus on ecological interventions 8. Conclusion Acknowledgements Bibliography

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