Amongst its goals are:

To carry out collaborative R&D on the structure, indicators, measurement, development and balance of The World Capital System©.

To determine the relative contribution of major constituencies (e.g.: nations, multinational corporations, international agencies, independent organizations) to The World’s Capital State.

To carry out projects on the valuation of Knowledge Cities, Knowledge Regions and The Knowledge World

To generate an annual State of The World study. The study has been produced for several years for restricted circulation while in the stage of R&D. Once the study is ready for publication, it will be made available to the public.

To integrate and distribute to the general public information relevant to the social accountability of World Capital and those responsible for increasing or decreasing it.

To establish alliances with organizations that can contribute to the fulfillment of any of the former goals.

The WCI is composed of two interdependent units:

The Bourbaki Council. This is an anonymous Global Advisory Board of specialists who are willing to contribute to the WCI goals without any form of remuneration or public recognition. They look after the WCI referential and articulation capital, nurturing its spirit and alignment.

The Project Teams. These are ad-hoc international groups of specialists providing technical advice and expert consultation on specific projects. Each individual projects gives credit to experts involved.

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