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MEASURING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Report of the Joint UNECE/OECD/Eurostat Working Group on Statistics for SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT UNITED NATIONS New York and Geneva, 2OO8 MEASURING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Report of the Joint UNECE/OECD/Eurostat Working Group on Statistics for SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT UNITED NATIONS New York and Geneva, 2OO8 Note The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of

iii FOREWORD Sustainable development is a popular and important concept, but one that is open to a variety of interpretations. Since the 1987 Brundtland report (World Commission on Environment and

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