Historical overview of the System of National Accounts

The main objective of this article is to present a brief overview of national accounts. Section 1.1 illustrates the historical overview of the system of national accounts (SNA). Section 1.2 presents the development of the SNA. Section 1.3 focuses on the Framework of SNA, classifications, and measurements of economic activities and finally, section 1.4 presents a brief overview of the government expenditure within the SNA framework.

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Title: ScienceOpen Preprints

Publisher: ScienceOpen

Publication date (Electronic preprint): 23 June 2021

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[1 ] Central Bank of Sri Lanka

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[* ]Email: sajeevanidod@ 123456y7mail.com .

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Sajeevani Weerasekara https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3366-6525

Article

DOI: 10.14293/S2199-1006.1.SOR-.PP23YPU.v1

SO-VID: 1e12cb42-1fd5-4d2c-84d9-9249d31bcf90

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Date received : 23 June 2021

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ScienceOpen disciplines: Economics

Keywords: Systems of National Accounts,History,Economy