THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF “GREEN” GROWTH INDICATORS

UDC 330.15:332.142.4

  • Vodop’yanova Tat’yana Pavlovna − PhD (Еconomics), Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, the Department of Management, Business Technology and Sustainable Development. Belarusian State Technological University (13а, Sverdlova str., 220006, Minsk, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: vodopjanova@belstu.by

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52065/2520-6877-2022-256-1-60-66

Key words: economic parameters, socio-demographic parameters, ecological and resource efficiency of the economy, natural assets, ecological quality of life and economic opportunities.

For citation: Vodop’yanova T. P. Theoretical aspects of “green” growth indicators. Proceedings of BSTU, issue 5, Economics and Management, 2022, no. 1 (256), pp. 60–66 (In Russian). DOI: https://doi.org/10.52065/2520-6877-2022-256-1-60-66.

Abstract

The article discusses the dynamics of indicators of “green” growth. Indicators of environmental and resource efficiency of the economy characterize the processes of production and consumption at the macro level. Resource efficiency of natural assets is designed to ensure the availability of the necessary reserves of renewable and non-renewable resources for economic activity and economic growth, as well as proper management of processes related to the extraction and processing of natural resources, and prevention of degradation and depletion of natural resources. In the Republic of Belarus, the share of electric energy production due to the use of renewable energy sources in the total volume of electric energy production has a steady upward trend.

Indicators of natural assets characterize the reserves of fresh water, land, forest resources, fishing and fish farming, wildlife resources. In 2020, the area of agricultural land and under swamps and water bodies decreased, and forest and forested lands, the area of logging increased.

The parameters of the ecological quality of life characterize the content of pollutants in various environments and the access of the population to water supply and sewerage and economic opportunities – spending on environmental protection investments in fixed assets aimed at environmental protection and rational use of natural resources. In 2020, in the Republic of Belarus, according to the Ministry of Finance, the environmental tax amounted to 0.2% of GDP and 0.8% of total tax revenues.

Since the indicators of “green” growth are easily broken down by economic sectors, it is possible to track deviations, analyze the environmental burden by type of economic activity, as well as determine response measures for economic growth and sustainable development.

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