Accounting systems
Posted: 8 August 2001
The economic performance of a nation or province generally given as the gross domestic product (GDP). Present accounting procedures are limited and do not include the value or state of natural and environmental resources upon which future economic activity is based. The resources are generally regarded as "free goods" and not assets of the nation or province which are needed for sustained economic development or activity.
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