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Abstract:

Genuine saving measures the development in comprehensive national wealth, including a wide number of assets like physical, financial, human and natural capital. Under certain conditions, genuine saving is a suitable indicator of sustainable development. The paper discusses various conceptual and practical problems in the measurement of genuine saving and presents a calculation of genuine saving for Denmark 1990-2009. Genuine saving has been positive during the period, amounting to close to 7½ per cent of GDP on average.