Inclusive wealth report 2012 : measuring progress toward sustainability

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Title:

Author:

Agarwala, Matthew.

ISBN:

9781107032316

9781107683396

Publication Information:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Physical Description:

xxx, 336 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.

General Note:

"Authors: Matthew Agarwala ... [et al.]" -- p. ix.

Contents:

Introduction: Inclusive wealth : an overview -- 1. Well-being and wealth -- 2. Accounting for the inclusive wealth of nations : empirical evidence -- 3. The significance of the natural wealth of nations -- 4. Measuring inclusive wealth at the State level in the United States -- 5. Are national economies (virtually) sustainable? : An empirical analysis of natural assets in international trade -- 6. Natural capital as economic assets : a review -- 7. The road to wealth accounting -- 8. Ecosystem services and wealth accounting -- 9. Inclusive wealth accounting for regulating ecosystem services -- 10. Accounting for water : stocks, flows, and values -- 11. Safeguarding the future of the wealth of nature -- Conclusion: Lessons, findings and recommendations.

Subject Term:

Sustainable development.

Added Author:

Agarwala, Matthew.

Added Corporate Author:

International Human Dimensions Programme on Environmental Change.

United Nations Environment Programme

UN-Water. Decade Programme on Capacity Development

Natural Capital Project (Stanford, Calif.)

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Summary

The indicators used in the past to measure human societies' success have proven to be insufficient. Economic production indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP) and the Human Development Index (HDI) fail to reflect the state of natural resources or ecological conditions and both focus exclusively on the short term, without indicating whether national policies are sustainable over longer periods of time. The Inclusive Wealth Report 2012 presents an index that measures the wealth of nations by carrying out a comprehensive analysis of a country's capital assets, including manufactured, human and natural capital, and its corresponding values: the Inclusive Wealth Index (IWI). Results show changes in inclusive wealth from 1990 to 2008 and feature a long-term comparison to GDP for an initial group of 20 countries. This report provides policy-makers and planning authorities with a tool to assess the state of a country's productive base and its development over time.