Description:
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A visual guide to the current state of the world's demographic, economic and environmental situation, its trends and future predictions.
Each spread tells a story with easy to read graphical presentation. Each topic is presented by clear world maps, tables, graphs and photographs. Through thematic maps it illustrates the extent and complexity of development patterns, successes and failures and comparative outcomes. It draws on the authoritative statistics from the World Bank's World Development indicators.
The content includes an introduction to the World Bank development indicators and recognised World Bank economic regions; 30 illustrated spreads of world mapping/text and photographs presenting current issues affecting the population, economy and the environment; extensive tables of facts and definitions and a topic index.
CONTENTS
World Countries
Population
- Population Distribution, Density and Structure
- Population Change
- Urban Population
- Life Expectancy
- Ageing Population
- World Cities
- Migration
Health and Education
- Literacy
- School Enrolment
- Birth and Fertility Rates
- Death Rates and Infant Mortality
- Access to Safe Water
- Nutrition
- Health Provision and HIV/AIDS
- Medical Care
Economy
- Agriculture
- Income
- Economic Growth
- Poverty
- Employment
- Communications
- Aid
Environment
- The Physical World
- Environmental Issues and Pollution
- Forest Change and Desertification
- Freshwater and Irrigation
- Threatened Species and Biodiversity
- Energy Use
- Global Warming
Development Indicators
- Millennium Development Goals
- World Statistics
- Definitions
- Notes & Index
