Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Part 1 - Changes in Wealth, 1995 to 2005 -- Chapter 1 - Introduction and Main Findings: The Changing Wealth of Nations -- How Does Wealth Change with Development? -- Harnessing Natural Capital for Development -- Extending and Deepening Wealth Accounts -- The Agenda for Future Work on Natural Wealth -- Summing Up -- Annex: Missing Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 - Wealth and Changes in Wealth, 1995-2005 -- Changing Global Wealth -- Changing Composition of Wealth -- Changing Wealth Per Capita -- Wealth Creation in Developing Countries -- Savings and Changes in Wealth -- Population Growth and the Adjusted Net Saving Gap -- Conclusions -- Annex 2.1: Countries Excluded from the Analysis of Changes in Wealth -- Annex 2.2: Per Capita Wealth, 1995 and 2005, and Changes in Per Capita Wealth and Population, 1995-2005, by Region and Income Group -- Notes -- Reference -- Chapter 3 - Changes in Natural Capital: Decomposing Price and Quantity Effects -- Decomposition: A Note on the Methodology -- Contribution of Land and Subsoil Assets to Changes in Wealth -- Summing Up: Land Values and Subsoil Assets -- Annex 3.1: Decomposition Methodology -- Annex 3.2: Decomposition of Changes in Total Wealth by Income Group and Region, 1995-2005 -- Annex 3.3: Decomposition of Changes in Total Wealth in Selected Countries in the Middle East and North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, 1995-2005 -- Notes -- Reference -- Part 2 - A Deeper Look at Wealth -- Chapter 4 - Wealth Accounting in the Greenhouse -- Climate Science and the Development Consensus -- Some Economics of Climate Change -- Estimated Values of Carbon Stocks and Flows in 2005 -- Discussion: Issues of Law and Equity -- Summing Up -- Annex: Sources and Technical Details.

Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 - Intangible Capital and Development -- Theoretical Considerations -- Explaining Intangible Capital -- The Role of Intangible Capital in Development -- Summing Up -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 - Human Capital and Economic Growth in China -- Stocks of Human Capital in China -- Human Capital by Rural-Urban Location and by Gender -- Comparison with World Bank Estimates of Human Capital -- Summing Up -- Annex 6.1: Methodology-Jorgenson-Fraumeni Lifetime Income Approach -- Annex 6.2: Recasting the Data to be Consistent with World Bank Methodology -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 - Linking Governance to Economic Consequences in Resource-Rich Economies: EITI and Wealth Accounting -- Governance, Accountability, and Transparency along the Extractives Value Chain -- EITI and Transparency -- EITI++: Extending Good Governance along the Value Chain -- Wealth Accounts: Extending Transparency to Macroeconomic Performance -- Summing Up -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8 - Country Experiences with Wealth Accounting -- Current Country Practices -- Mineral and Energy Accounts -- Other Natural Capital Accounts -- Balance Sheets -- Wealth Accounting in Recent Initiatives -- Summing Up -- Notes -- References -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Building the Wealth Estimates: Methodology -- Appendix B: Total Wealth, Population, and Per Capita Wealth in 1995, 2000, and 2005 -- Appendix C: Wealth Estimates in 2005 -- Appendix D: Calculating Adjusted Net Saving as a Percentage of Gross National Income, 2008 -- Appendix E: Effect of Population Growth on Savings and Changes in Wealth Per Capita, 2005 -- Appendix F: Decomposition Analysis as a Percentage of Change in Total Wealth, by Economy, 1995-2005 -- Index -- Back Cover.