Using the GDP as a tool to measure growth has only been around since the late 1940s when the UN System of National Accounts was developed.
仅仅从 20世纪40年代末才开始，那时联合国提出了国民经济核算体系。
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United Nations System of National Accounts
（重定向自System of National Accounts）
The United Nations System of National Accounts (often abbreviated as SNA or UNSNA) is an international standard system of national accounts, the first international standard being published in 1953. Handbooks have been released for the 1968 revision, the 1993 revision, and the 2008 revision.