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Leaving aside human and social capital for a future volume, the book should be viewed as a crucial first step in developing indicators for total wealth in the countries covered by the case studies, which include Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Mozambique and South Africa. These case studies experiment with implementing the SEAA in sub-Saharan nations known to suffer from the 'resource curse': their wealth in resources and commodities has allowed inflows of liquidity, yet this cash has not funded crucial developments in infrastructure or education. What's more, resource-driven economies are highly vulnerable to commodity price mutability. The new measures of wealth deployed here offer more hope for the future in these countries than they themselves would once have allowed for.
List of contents
1. Natural Capital, Total Wealth and Sustainable Development in Nambia.- 2. Wildlife accounts.- 3. Accounting for Mineral Resources in Tanzania.- 4. Fisheries Resource Accounts for the Maputo Coastal Districts of Mozambique.- 5. Forest Resoure Accounts for Ethiopia.- 6. Contribution of Uganda's Forestry Sub-Sector to the National Economy.- 7. Accounting for the Value of Ecosystem Assets and their Services.- 8. Valuing Regulating and Supporting Ecosystem Services in the Sub-Tropical Estuaries of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa.- Index.
Summary
Leaving aside human and social capital for a future volume, the book should be viewed as a crucial first step in developing indicators for total wealth in the countries covered by the case studies, which include Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Mozambique and South Africa. These case studies experiment with implementing the SEAA in sub-Saharan nations known to suffer from the ‘resource curse’: their wealth in resources and commodities has allowed inflows of liquidity, yet this cash has not funded crucial developments in infrastructure or education. What’s more, resource-driven economies are highly vulnerable to commodity price mutability. The new measures of wealth deployed here offer more hope for the future in these countries than they themselves would once have allowed for.
