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Good Shepherd Microfinance welcomes inquiry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... perspective - there's a profound economic case for economic mobility as well." Good Shepherd Microfinance's modelling shows that GDP would increase by 2% if a quarter of those 3.1 million adults that are financially excluded can make a small progression ...

IGCC welcomes CCA draft report on emissions targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Australia has achieved "solid economic growth" while halving its emissions intensity, as calculated in emissions per unit of GDP.

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... ownership in the economy," said Melina Morrison, BCCM CEO. "We want our own sector to grow in terms of our contribution to GDP and also we believe that... Australia, like other countries, needs a more diversified economy. We have a very polarised view ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... finds: greenhouse gas emissions will peak at 2030 (but the damage will be done), the working population will peak at 2040, and GDP will peak at 2050. At the risk of repeating the sins of Alan Ramsay in his later columns, I'll quote again: "You will see ...

Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... with recent studies on Australian national income by both the Treasury [1] and McKinsey & Company [2]. Economic measures like GDP, GNP, current accounts and national debt always are of interest. But income is what counts. That's the net effect on our ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainable security; and nurturing deeper and broader relationships," as the report puts it, with a result of lifting Australia's GDP per person and putting the country into the top 10 world economies. There is an inherent question of sustainability ...

Australian infrastructure underprepared for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... conservatively estimated that the annual costs of unmitigated climate change on Australia's infrastructure would reach 0.5% of GDP - about AU$9bn in 2020, and 1.2% of GDP - about AU$40bn in 2050. The report, Coming Ready or Not: Managing climate risks ...

Omega: governance measurements reduce bond portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... consideration and a quantitative analysis," Cleeland said. "Ability to pay was measured on a couple of financial measures - net GDP, ten-year bond yields, average maturity links, and the change to net GDP. We covered all the size, cost, length and momentum ...

Using natural capital to add to risk, opportunity analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... economic, ecological and social asset." Bisset pointed out that traditional economic statistics such as gross domestic product (GDP) neglect to factor in natural capital as part of an economy's output. "If you look at the discussions that are growing ...

Solomon Islands implement EITI payment disclosure standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... companies prospecting in the country. Australian miner Allied Gold owns the Gold Ridge. In 2011 the company accounted for 2.5% of GDP and 16% of exports. Projections from the Finance Ministry estimate that it will contribute 5.7% of real GDP in 2012 ...