Beyond GDP

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Abbreviations

%pt percentage point
AOW pension benefits under the General Old Age Pension Act
BMI body mass index
BWT well-being trends
BZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs
BZK Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
CBS Statistics Netherlands
CES Conference of European Statisticians
CH4 methane (greenhouse gas)
CO2 carbon dioxide (greenhouse gas)
COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COVID-19 infectious disease caused by coronavirus SARSCoV-2
CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
CSR corporate social responsibility
EC European Commission
EEA European Economic Area
EMU European Economic and Monetary Union
ETS Emissions Trading System
EU European Union
EU2020 long-term strategy of the European Union
EU27 27 Member States of the European Union
EZK Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
FIN Ministry of Finance
FTDC foreign trade and development cooperation
FTE full-time equivalent
GALI Global Activity Limitation Index
GDP gross domestic product
GNI gross national income
ha hectare
havo senior general secondary education
hbo higher vocational education
HICP Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices
ICT information and communication technology
ICSR international corporate social responsibility
IenW Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ISCED International Standard Classification of Education
JenV Ministry of Justice and Security
kg kilogram
LDCs least developed countries
LIS labour income share
LNV Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
LPI Living Planet Index
m2 square metre
m3 cubic metre
mbo-1 intermediate vocational education level 1
mbo-2 intermediate vocational education level 2
mbo-3 intermediate vocational education level 3
mbo-4 intermediate vocational education level 4
mln million
Mtonne megatonne
N2O nitrous oxide (greenhouse gas)
NEA National Working Conditions Survey
NL The Netherlands
NNN Netherlands Nature Network
NOW Temporary Emergency Measure for the Preservation of Jobs
OCW Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
PCT Patent Cooperation Treaty
PFAS poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances
PIAAC Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
PISA Programme for International Student Assessment
PJ petajoule
PM2.5 particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 micrometres or less
PWI Personal Well-being Index
R&D research and development
RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
SCP Netherlands Institute for Social Research
SDG Sustainable Development Goal
SME small and medium-sized enterprise
SZW Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
TNO Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
TONK Temporary Support for Essential Costs
TOZO Temporary Bridging Measure for Self-employed Professionals
UN United Nations
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
vmbo prevocational secondary education
vwo pre-university education
VWS Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
WCED World Commission on Environment and Development
WHO World Health Organization
wo university education
zzp’er self-employed worker without employees
 

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