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GPI Technical Report

January 1, 2002
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This is one of a number of reports that provide the background for the Genuine Progress Indicator System of Sustainable Well-being Accounts. IIt explains how we derived the index that was earlier published in Sustainability Trends 2000: The Genuine Progress Statement for Alberta, 1961 to 1999. This report describes data sources, methodologies and presents the specific data for each of the indicators covered in this report.

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