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SESAME: an Integrated Economic and Social Accounting System
Author(s) -
Keuning Steven J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international statistical review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.051
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1751-5823
pISSN - 0306-7734
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-5823.1997.tb00371.x
Subject(s) - national accounts , social accounting , economic welfare , social welfare , set (abstract data type) , core (optical fiber) , social change , welfare , economics , public economics , environmental economics , regional science , business , accounting information system , economic growth , computer science , accounting , political science , geography , telecommunications , market economy , programming language , law
Summary This article outlines a statistical information system that serves to monitor and analyze the interactions between economic development and social change. This so‐called SESAME links the monetary data in the national accounts to non‐monetary social and environmental data, and yields a consistent set of core indicators on the development of national welfare.