The changing wealth of nations : measuring sustainable development in the new millennium.
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2011. |
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| Description: | xvi, 221 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Environment and development Environment and development (Washington, D.C.) |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8297297 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Part 1. Changes in Wealth, 1995 to 2005
- Chapter 1. Introduction and Main Findings: The Changing Wealth of Nations
- How Does Wealth Change with Development?
- Harnessing Natural Capital for Development
- Extending and Deepening Wealth Accounts
- The Agenda for Future Work on Natural Wealth
- Summing Up
- Annex: Missing Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 2. Wealth and Changes in Wealth, 1995-2005
- Changing Global Wealth
- Changing Composition of Wealth
- Changing Wealth Per Capita
- Wealth Creation in Developing Countries
- Savings and Changes in Wealth
- Population Growth and the Adjusted Net Saving Gap
- Conclusions
- Annex 2.1. Countries Excluded from the Analysis of Changes in Wealth
- Annex 2.2. Per Capita Wealth, 1995 and 2005, and Changes in Per Capita Wealth and Population, 1995-2005, by Region and Income Group
- Notes
- Reference
- Chapter 3. Changes in Natural Capital: Decomposing Price and Quantity Effects
- Decomposition: A Note on the Methodology
- Contribution of Land and Subsoil Assets to Changes in Wealth
- Summing Up: Land Values and Subsoil Assets
- Annex 3.1. Decomposition Methodology
- Annex 3.2. Decomposition of Changes in Total Wealth by Income Group and Region, 1995-2005
- Annex 3.3. Decomposition of Changes in Total Wealth in Selected Countries in the Middle East and North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, 1995-2005
- Notes
- Reference
- Part 2. A Deeper Look at Wealth
- Chapter 4. Wealth Accounting in the Greenhouse
- Climate Science and the Development Consensus
- Some Economics of Climate Change
- Estimated Values of Carbon Stocks and Flows in 2005
- Discussion: Issues of Law and Equity
- Summing Up
- Annex: Sources and Technical Details
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 5. Intangible Capital and Development
- Theoretical Considerations
- Explaining Intangible Capital
- The Role of Intangible Capital in Development
- Summing Up
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 6. Human Capital and Economic Growth in China
- Stocks of Human Capital in China
- Human Capital by Rural-Urban Location and by Gender
- Comparison with World Bank Estimates of Human Capital
- Summing Up
- Annex 6.1. Methodology-Jorgenson-Fraumeni Lifetime Income Approach
- Annex 6.2. Recasting the Data to be Consistent with World Bank Methodology
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 7. Linking Governance to Economic Consequences in Resource-Rich Economies: EITI and Wealth Accounting
- Governance, Accountability, and Transparency along the Extractives Value Chain
- EITI and Transparency
- EITI++: Extending Good Governance along the Value Chain
- Wealth Accounts: Extending Transparency to Macroeconomic Performance
- Summing Up
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 8. Country Experiences with Wealth Accounting
- Current Country Practices
- Mineral and Energy Accounts
- Other Natural Capital Accounts
- Balance Sheets
- Wealth Accounting in Recent Initiatives
- Summing Up
- Notes
- References
- Appendixes
- Appendix A. Building the Wealth Estimates: Methodology
- Appendix B. Total Wealth, Population, and Per Capita Wealth in 1995, 2000, and 2005
- Appendix C. Wealth Estimates in 2005
- Appendix D. Calculating Adjusted Net Saving as a Percentage of Gross National Income, 2008
- Appendix E. Effect of Population Growth on Savings and Changes in Wealth Per Capita, 2005
- Appendix F. Decomposition Analysis as a Percentage of Change in Total Wealth, by Economy, 1995-2005
- Index
