Measuring social progress by sustainable development indicators

cases of Croatia and Slovenia

Emira Bečić (Author), Matjaž Mulej (Author), Jadranka Švarc (Author)

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of the progress in the development of indicators of sustainable development (SDI) in Croatia and Slovenia in the context of global challenges. The analysis of indicators is based on the national sets of SDIs developed in recent time by different developers with focus on the EU level in comparison with other regions in the world. Key challenges include: (1) comparability and aggregation variability of SDI in relation to the quality of data determined by the sustainable development policies; (2) impacts and reflections of compiled SDIs on different kinds of user needs; and (3) Social responsibility, as a contribution to, and frameworkof sustainability. The paper concludes with a consideration of a critical role of SD in measurement of progress in society and some key lessons learned related to the difficulties in implementation of SDI coming from highly fragmented compilation of SDI that usually depends on the needs ofthe end-users.

Keywords

družba;razvoj;družbena odgovornost;trajnostni razvoj;Hrvatska;Slovenija;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2012
Typology:	1.08 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution
Organization:	UM EPF - Faculty of Economics and Business
UDC:	502.131.1(497.5)(497.4)
COBISS:	11409180
ISSN:	1877-0428
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