UID:
almafu_9958092902102883
Umfang:
xx, 188 pages :
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illustrations ;
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24 cm.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-28224-X
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9786610282241
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0-8213-6355-7
Serie:
World Bank e-Library.
Originaltitel:
Expanding the measure of wealth.
Inhalt:
The book presents estimates of total wealth for nearly 120 countries, using economic theory to decompose the wealth of a nation into its component pieces: produced capital, natural resources and human resources. The wealth estimates provide a unique opportunity to look at economic management from a broader and comprehensive perspective. The book's basic tenet is that economic development can be conceived as a process of portfolio management, so that sustainability becomes an integral part of economic policy making. The rigorous analysis, presented in accessible format, tackles issues such as g
Anmerkung:
Extends and expands the work done in Expanding the measure of wealth (World Bank, 1997) to provide a comprehensive snapshot of wealth for 120 countries at the turn of the millennium.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Looking for the Wealth of Nations-A Logical Map; Executive Summary; Part 1-Wealth Accounting; Chapter 1. Introduction: The Millennium Capital Assessment; Chapter 2. The Wealth Stock Estimates; Part 2-Changes in Wealth; Chapter 3. Recent Genuine Saving Estimates; Chapter 4. The Importance of Investing Resource Rents: A Hartwick Rule Counterfactual; Chapter 5. The Importance of Population Dynamics: Changes in Wealth per Capita; Chapter 6. Testing Genuine Saving; Part 3-Wealth, Production, and Development
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Chapter 7. Explaining the Intangible Capital Residual: The Role of Human Capital and Institutions Chapter 8. Wealth and Production; Part 4-International Experience; Chapter 9. Developing and Using Environmental Accounts; Appendixes: Sources and Methods; Appendix 1. Building the Wealth Estimates; Appendix 2. Wealth Estimates by Country, 2000; Appendix 3. Genuine Saving Estimates by Country, 2000; Appendix 4. Change in Wealth per Capita, 2000; References; Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-8213-6354-9
Sprache:
Englisch
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