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Atlas of Global Development, Second Edition: A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest Challenges

By World Bank

Book information

Publisher
HarperCollins for World Bank Publications
Year
2009
ISBN
0821376039, 9780821376034
DOI
10.1596/978-0-8213-7603-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
25 MB (25904353 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
144\78
Topic
Economy
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The key development issues facing our world today are vividly illustrated in "The Atlas of Global Development". Based upon authoritative data from the World Bank's World Development Indicators, this handsome volume provides a wealth of information on crucial global topics such as poverty, HIV/AIDS, corruption, environmental sustainability, migration, and growing populations. Features include: easy-to-read, colorful world maps, tables, graphs, text, and photographs; detailed information about targets for the Millennium Development Goals; definitions, sources, notes and abbreviations of commonly used terms; and, country comparisons for key development indicators.Completely revised and updated, "The Atlas of Global Development, Second Edition" highlights social, economic, and environmental issues that affect us all. This new edition includes new topics such as internet use, foreign direct investment, and food production.

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