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Where is the wealth of nations? : measuring capital for the 21st century.

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Bank
Otros Autores: Hamilton, Kirk, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2006.
Colección:World Bank e-Library.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Millennium capital assessment
  • The wealth stock estimates
  • Recent genuine saving estimates
  • The importance of investing resource rents: a Hartwick Rule counterfactual
  • The importance of population dynamics: changes in wealth per capita
  • Testing genuine saving
  • Explaining the intangible capital residual: the role of human capital and institutions
  • Wealth and production
  • Developing and using environmental accounts.