 This book describes estimates of wealth and its components for nearly 120 countries. The book has four sections. The first part introduces the wealth estimates and highlights the level and composition of wealth across countries. The second part analyzes changes in wealth and their implications for economic policy. The third part deepens the analysis by considering the importance of human and institutional capital, and by linking wealth to production. The fourth part reviews existing applications of resource and environmental accounting in developed and developing countries.
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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  Chapter 6: Testing Genuine Saving PART 3 - Wealth, Production and Development  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 Weatlh per Capita, 2000  References  Index |
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