Inclusive wealth report 2018 : : measuring progress towards sustainability / / edited by Shunsuke Managi, Pushpam Kumar.

• TeilnehmendeR: Managi, Shunsuke,; Kumar, Pushpam,
• Place / Publishing House: [Place of publication not identified] : : Taylor & Francis,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxii, 454 pages)

The Inclusive Wealth Index provides important insights into long-term economic growth and human well-being. The Index measures the wealth of nations through a comprehensive analysis of a country's productive base and the country's wealth in terms of progress, well-being and long-term sustainability. It measures all assets which human well-being is based upon, in particular, produced, human and natural capital to create and maintain human well-being over time.

Table of Contents

Part I: What does the Data Say? -- 1. Accounting for the Inclusive Wealth of Nations: Key Findings of the IWR 2018 (Shunsuke Managi) -- 2. Inclusive Wealth: From Theory to Practice (Pushpam Kumar and Rodney B.W. Smith) -- Part II: Natural Capital -- 3. More on Natural Wealth of Nations and Regions (Shunsuke Managi) -- 4. Reconciling Inclusive Wealth and Piketty: Natural Capital and Wealth in the 21st Century (Edward Barbier) -- 5. Challenges to Ecosystem Service Valuation for Wealth Accounting (Kristine Grimsrud, Henrik Lindhjem, David N. Barton and Stale Navrud) -- 6. Is Economic Growth Linked with Comprehensive Wealth? Link to State-level Analysis in India (Haripriya Gundimeda) -- Part III: New Insights -- 7. Human Capital: Educational Attainment Progress (Babara Fraumani and Gang Liu) -- 8. Operationalising IWI for Policy-making Through a Learning Game (Bharath M. Palavalli, Srijan Sil and Anantha Kumar Duraiappah) -- 9. The IWR and Policy Lessons (Shunsuke Managi).