Institutionalization of Inter-Country Input-Output Tables. Working Towards Harmonization and Standardization

Effective policy to encourage sustainable production and consumption is needed to shape the future so that our impact stays in line with the earth’s carrying capacity. To design and monitor effective policy, good-quality data are indispensable. Production and consumption are two sides of the same coin, and in today’s globalized world, an integrated and consistent inter-country accounting framework that links these two is a necessity for adequate analysis. A better understanding of global value chains starts with capturing production and trade relations in a coherent and complete system. More insight in the environmental impact of consumption requires an integrated environmental-economic accounting framework. Although producers generally are the ones to pay the wages, extract the resources, and emit the greenhouse gases—our productive system is in place to serve our consumer society. More awareness of the impact of consumption, at home and abroad, is needed to change our behaviour and create a sustainable economy.

RUEDA CANTUCHE Jose;  REMOND-TIEDREZ Isabelle;  BOUWMEESTER Maaike C.; 

2018-08-22

WILEY-BLACKWELL

JRC108768

1088-1980,   

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jiec.12761,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC108768,   

10.1111/jiec.12761,