The Atlas of Global Development — a comprehensive guide to
the most critical issues facing our changing world
Co-published with HarperCollins, the new edition has been completely
revised and updated, presenting a comprehensive overview of the world
and its people at the start of the 21st century. Every topic is
presented through easy-to-read graphical presentations including
colorful world maps, charts, tables, graphs, photographs and web
addresses of additional data sources.
- A visual guide to global issues - easy-to-read graphical
presentation with every topic presented by colorful world maps, tables,
graphs, and photographs
- Topics that are shaping our world - key development
indicators, from poverty, population growth, and food production to
climate change, foreign direct investment, and international trade
- The latest, authoritative statistics - from the World
Bank’s World Development Indicators database
'This is an excellent, up-to-date source book which will be
invaluable for students of, and staff teaching, higher levels of
geography … a clear, concise, easily-accessible, and
well-illustrated volume.'
— Geographical Association, United
Kingdom
'....The third edition of this powerful work includes a
wonderful, free, online atlas companion titled World Bank eAtlas of
Global Development....This Trsource should be shared with students and
explored by most academic libraries. Highly recommended.'
— CHOICE magazine, September 2011
New! Interactive Companion Online Atlas. For the first time,
the Atlas comes with the new World Bank e-Atlas of Global
Development. Map and graph 179 indicators from the World
Bank’s development database. Features include worldwide mapping,
timeline graphing, ranking tables, easy navigation, comparative mode,
and exporting and sharing of graphics. Visit data.worldbank.org/atlas-global.
CONTENTS
Rich and poor
Measuring income | Growth and opportunity | How poor is poor?
People
Population growth and transition
Education
Children at work | Education opens doors Gender and development-the
role of infrastructure
Health
Children under 5-struggling to survive
Improving the health of mothers
Communicable diseases
Economy
Structure of the world’s economy | Governance
Infrastructure for development | Investment for growth
The integrating world | People on the move
Aid for development | External debt
Environment
The urban environment
Feeding a growing world | A thirsty planet gets thirstier
Protecting the environment | Energy security and climate change | Where
is the wealth of nations?
Statistics
Key indicators of development
Ranking of economies by GNI per capita
Definitions, sources, notes, and abbreviations
- Shipping Weight: 0.92 lbs (0.42 kgs)
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