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Title The changing wealth of nations 2018 : building a sustainable future / Glenn-Marie Lange, Quentin Wodon, and Keven Carey, editors.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, [2018]
©2018
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2018.

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Edition [Enhanced Credo edition]
Description 1 online resource (23 entries) : 72 images ; digital files.
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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 Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Summary 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.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Note Description based on title page of print version.
Subject Economic indicators.
Sustainable development.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Lange, Glenn-Marie, editor.
Wodon, Quentin, editor.
Carey, Kevin, 1967- editor.
World Bank, issuing body.
Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
Other Form: Print version: 146481046X 9781464810466 (DLC) 2018304587 xvii, 233 pages : color illustrations, maps
ISBN 146481046X
9781464810466
9781464810473
9781786849014 electronic version

 
    
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