The global citizen's handbook : facing our world's crises and challenges.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: MapPublication details: New York : Collins ; Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2007.Edition: 1st U.S. edCartographic data: Scale not givenDescription: 1 atlas (144 p.) : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780061243424
  • 0061243426
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • G 1046 .G1 W53 2007
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Contents:
Classification of economies -- Rich and poor : Measuring income ; Growth and opportunity ; How poor is poor? -- People : The world's growing population ; Demographic transitions ; People on the move -- Education : Education opens doors ; Gender and development -- Health : Children under five: struggling to survive ; Improving the health of mothers ; Communicable diseases: too little progress -- Economy : Structure of the world's economy ; Infrastructure for development ; Investment for growth ; Improving the investment climate ; Governance ; The integrating world ; Aid for development ; External debt -- Environment : The urban environment ; Feeding a growing world ; A thirsty planet gets thirstier ; Forests ; Energy use and a warmer world ; Statistics : Key indicators of development ; Ranking of economies by GNI per capita ; The need for statistics ; Millennium Development Goals, targets and indicators ; Definitions, sources, notes, and abbreviations.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection G 1046 .G1 W53 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98643661

An English language successor to the World Bank atlas. c2004.

"Text [copyright] The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, 2007"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classification of economies -- Rich and poor : Measuring income ; Growth and opportunity ; How poor is poor? -- People : The world's growing population ; Demographic transitions ; People on the move -- Education : Education opens doors ; Gender and development -- Health : Children under five: struggling to survive ; Improving the health of mothers ; Communicable diseases: too little progress -- Economy : Structure of the world's economy ; Infrastructure for development ; Investment for growth ; Improving the investment climate ; Governance ; The integrating world ; Aid for development ; External debt -- Environment : The urban environment ; Feeding a growing world ; A thirsty planet gets thirstier ; Forests ; Energy use and a warmer world ; Statistics : Key indicators of development ; Ranking of economies by GNI per capita ; The need for statistics ; Millennium Development Goals, targets and indicators ; Definitions, sources, notes, and abbreviations.

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