Atlas of Global Development: A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest Challenges (World Bank Atlas) - Softcover

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9780821376034: Atlas of Global Development: A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest Challenges (World Bank Atlas)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0821376039 ISBN 13: 9780821376034
Publisher: World Bank Publications, 2009

Synopsis

Published in association with Harper Collins, the completely revised and updated second edition of the Atlas of Global Development vividly illustrates the key development challenges facing our world today. Keeping abreast of a changing world, new topics have been added including child employment, internet use, foreign direct investment, food production, and energy flows. Rich and poor Measuring income | Growth and opportunity | How poor is poor? People Global trends in population Education Education opens doors | Children at work 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 | 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 Statistics Key indicators of development Ranking of economies by GNI per capita The need for statistics Millennium Development Goals, targets and indicators '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

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"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

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Publisher
World Bank Publications
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0821376039
ISBN 13 
9780821376034
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
144
Rating
  • 3.33 out of 5 stars
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