Inclusive Wealth Report 2014 - 9781107524002

Inclusive Wealth Report 2014Measuring Progress toward Sustainability\nAuthor(s): United Nations University International Human Dimensions Programme, United Nations Environment Programme\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107524002, 978-1107524002\nSynopsis\nEconomic 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. The Inclusive Wealth Report 2014 is the second book in an important biennial series that provides a new framework for measuring the inclusive wealth of nations. It provides an overview of how the capital asset components of inclusive wealth evolved between 1990 and 2010, and analyses the meaning of these trends for sustainability. While the asset base studied is largely unchanged from the 2012 report, the country sample .