This paper compares alternative wealth estimates reported by the World Bank and in the
Inclusive Wealth Reports. Although theoretical limitations and shortcomings are widely …

Abstract In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly agreed on an agenda for
sustainable development in member countries. Nations committed themselves to meeting 17 …

Among recent high-profile propositions to revise national accounts and to provide new
indicators of sustainability and well-being, the inclusive wealth framework and the related …

Reports that while global wealth grew significantly between 1995 and 2014, inequality in
overall wealth persists, because although total wealth increased everywhere, per capita …

The world's leaders, business leaders and the public at large are beginning to question,
amidst the multiple social, environmental and economic crises, whether our present …

It is now clear that a narrow focus on the growth of gross domestic product (GDP) is
insufficient to achieve humanity's aspirations for sustainable prosperity. Well-functioning …

Exploring the issue of measuring changes in per capita wealth, factoring in both growth in
total assets (as measured by genuine saving) and population growth, as more …

Countries regularly track gross domestic product (GDP) as an indicator of their economic
progress, but not wealth—the assets such as infrastructure, forests, minerals, and human …

In February of 2008, amid the looming global financial crisis, President Nicolas Sarkozy of
France asked Nobel Prize-winning economists Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen, along with …