Where Is the Wealth of Nations? : Measuring Capital for the 21st Century

The book sets out estimates of wealth composition for 120 countries, in relation to produced and institutional capital, human and natural resources, in order to identify conditions for sustainable growth and development in countries around the world. Issues discussed include: changes in wealth and the implications for economic policy; the importance of human and institutional capital as well as links between wealth and production; and existing applications of resource and environmental accounting in developed and developing countries.