1. Construction of an Extended Environmental and Economic Social Accounting Matrix from a Practitioner’s Perspective
- Author:
- Onil Banerjee, Martin Cicowiez, Renato Vargas, and Mark Horridge
- Publication Date:
- 10-2019
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Center for Distributive, Labor and Social Studies (CEDLAS)
- Abstract:
- In 2014, the United Nations published the first International Standard for environmental economic statistics, known as the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA).. As more countries adopt and implement the SEEA, the availability of consistent environmental and economic information increases the need for analytical tools that can use this data to respond to policy relevant questions. In this paper, we present a workflow to develop an environmentally extended social accounting matrix, which can serve as the basic database for the development of environmentally-extended computable general equilibrium models. To illustrate, and given its comprehensive implementation of the SEEA, we apply this workflow to the Guatemalan case and the Integrated Economic-Environmental Modeling (IEEM) Platform.
- Topic:
- Economics, United Nations, Basic Data, Accountability, Economic Policy, and Statistics
- Political Geography:
- South America, Latin America, Central America, Guatemala, and Global Focus