The changing wealth of nations 2018 : building a sustainable future
2018
eBook
Abstract: The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018: Building a Sustainable Future covers national wealth for 141 countries over 20 years (1995-2014) as the sum of produced capital, 19 types of natural capital, net foreign assets, and human capital overall as well as by gender and type of employment.
Main title:
The changing wealth of nations 2018 : building a sustainable future / Glenn-Marie Lange, Quentin Wodon, and Keven Carey, editors.
Author:
Lange, Glenn-Marie, editorWodon, Quentin, editorCarey, Kevin, 1967-, editorWorld Bank, issuing bodyCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition]
Imprint:
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2018.©2018Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, [2018]
Collation:
1 online resource (23 entries) : 72 images ; digital files.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: xvii, 233 pages : color illustrations, maps
Contents:
Executive summary -- Estimating the wealth of nations -- Richer or poorer? Global and regional trends in wealth from 1995 to 2014 -- Wealth accounts, adjusted net saving, and diversified development in resource-rich African countries -- Expanding measures of productivity to include natural capital -- The carbon wealth of nations: from rents to risks -- Human capital and the wealth of nations: global estimates and trends -- Gains in human capital wealth: what growth models tell us -- Intangible capital as the engine for development in Morocco -- Air pollution: impact on human health and wealth -- Subsidies reduce marine fisheries wealth -- Remote sensing and modeling to fill the gap in "missing" natural capital -- Appendix A: summary of methodology and data sources -- Appendix B: per capital wealth for 2014.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781786849014 (electronic version)9781464810473 (invalid)146481046X (invalid)9781464810466 (invalid)
Dewey class:
330.9
LC class:
HC59
Language:
English
BRN:
501763
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