The changing wealth of nations 2018 : building a sustainable future

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Key Findings -- Why Should We Measure Wealth? -- What Is New in This Version of The Changing Wealth of Nations? -- Global and Regional Trends from 1995 to 2014 -- Natural Capital and Development -- Human Capital: Driver of Development -- Organization of the Book -- Summing Up -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 1 Estimating the Wealth of Nations -- Main Messages -- Complementary Measures: GDP and National Wealth -- How We Measure Wealth -- Wealth, Adjusted Net Saving, and Sustainability -- The Role of Institutions, Governance, and Social Capital -- A Roadmap for the Book -- Summing Up and Future Research -- Annex 1A: Changes in Methodology and Data Sources for the Wealth Accounts -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Richer or Poorer? Global and Regional Trends in Wealth from 1995 to 2014 -- Main Messages -- Introduction -- Trends in Global Wealth -- Regional Trends in Low- and Middle-Income Countries -- Convergence in the Wealth of Nations -- Savings and Changes in National Wealth -- Conclusion -- Annex 2A: Countries Classified by Income Group and Region -- Annex 2B: Regional Trends in Adjusted Net Saving -- Note -- References -- Chapter 3 Wealth Accounts, Adjusted Net Saving, and Diversified Development in Resource-Rich African Countries -- Main Messages -- Introduction -- Two Approaches to Measuring Investments and Sustainability -- Trends in ANS in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Comparing Adjusted Net Saving and Changes in Wealth -- Case Studies: Ghana and Niger -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 4 Expanding Measures of Productivity to Include Natural Capital -- Main Messages -- Introduction -- Recent Work on MFP Growth by the OECD -- Growth Accounting for Measuring MFP Growth -- Empirical Applications to Selected Petroleum Producers -- Conclusions.