Working Paper No. 03-07 (2024)

FAQs

What are the 5 capital assets? ›

It is useful to differentiate between five kinds of capital: financial, natural, produced, human, and social. All are stocks that have the capacity to produce flows of economically desirable outputs. The maintenance of all five kinds of capital is essential for the sustainability of economic development.

Human capital refers to the stock of education, skills, culture, and knowledge stored in human beings themselves. Natural capital refers to the various ways that the environment powers production-- and indeed supports most aspects of human existence (Costanza and Daly, 1992).

The Five Capitals Model offers a robust conceptual framework that can be used to help identify and communicate (and potentially quantify) sustainable policies, strategies, plans, programmes and interventions that deliver human health benefits.

Natural capital is a gift of nature and is employed in the production process, for example, fossil fuels, coal, iron, etc. On the other hand, human-made capital is the capital that is man-made, for example, machinery, equipment, etc.

Capital assets in include land, buildings, and improvements other than buildings, equipment/furniture, library resources and construction in progress, intangible assets, inexhaustible collections, (art collections, library reserve collections and museum and historical collections) and infrastructure.

Capital assets are significant pieces of property such as homes, cars, investment properties, stocks, bonds, and even collectibles or art. For businesses, a capital asset is an asset with a useful life longer than a year that is not intended for sale in the regular course of the business's operation.

Four examples of natural capital include water, sunlight, soil, and trees.

Examples of human capital include communication skills, education, technical skills, creativity, experience, problem-solving skills, mental health, and personal resilience.

There are various types of human capital, including technical skills, soft skills, intellectual capital, institutional knowledge, and organizational capital. Technical Skills: This type of human capital includes specific abilities or knowledge related to a particular job or industry.

What are the five pillars of livelihood? ›

The key pillars of the Sustainable Livelihood framework concept are: 1) context of livelihood, 2) assets, 3) institutions (transforming structures and processes), 4) strategies, and 5) outcomes .

The concept behind the triple bottom line is that companies should focus as much on social and environmental issues as they do on profits. The TBL consists of three elements: profit, people, and the planet.

According to the OECD, natural capital is "natural assets in their role of providing natural resource inputs and environmental services for economic production" and is "generally considered to comprise three principal categories: natural resources stocks, land, and ecosystems."

systems of production and distribution in which all forms of capital are fully valued, including human, manufactured, financial, and natural capital.

Capital resources are human-made resources that aid in the production of a good or service. Examples are machinery, buildings, vehicles technology, and tools.

Capital assets are tangible and generally illiquid property which a business intends to use to generate revenue and expects its usefulness to exceed one year. On a balance sheet, capital assets are represented as property, plant, and equipment (PP&E). Examples include land, buildings, and machinery.

Common types of assets include current, non-current, physical, intangible, operating, and non-operating. Correctly identifying and classifying the types of assets is critical to the survival of a company, specifically its solvency and associated risks.

General capital assets are those assets acquired with the resources of governmental funds. They are reported as assets in the Governmental Activities column of the government-wide financial statements at historical cost. Those capital assets identified as depreciable are shown net of accumulated depreciation.