Teenage mothers The percentage of women ages 15–19 who already have children or are currently pregnant. (Household surveys)
Textiles Commodities classified in SITC revision 2, divisions 26, 65, and 84. Time spent fetching water Minutes per day that people spent fetching water. (Nishta Sinha, 2010, “Infrastructure, Gender
World Bank Atlas method A conversion factor to convert national currency units to U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates, adjusted for inflation and averaged over three years. The purpose is to reduce the effect of exchange rate fluctuations in the cross-country comparison of national incomes. (World Bank)
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Trade The two-way flow of exports and imports of goods (merchandise trade) and services (service trade). Trade in services The sum of services exports and imports. (IMF) Treated bednets, use of The proportion of children ages 0–59 months who slept under an insecticide-treated bednet the night before the survey. (UNICEF) Tuberculosis, death rate The number of deaths due to tuberculosis per 100,000 people. Deaths from all forms of tuberculosis, including HIV-positive people with tuberculosis, are included. (WHO) Undernourishment, prevalence of The percentage of the population that is undernourished—whose dietary energy consumption is continuously below a minimum dietary energy requirement for maintaining a healthy life and carrying out light physical activity. (FAO) Unofficial payments to public officials The percentage of firms expected to make unofficial or informal payments to public officials to “get things done” with regard to customs, taxes, licenses, regulations, and services. (World Bank) Value added The net output of an industry after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) revision 3. Water source, access to an improved The share of the population with reasonable access to an adequate amount of water from an improved source, such as a household connection, public standpipe, borehole, protected well or spring, or rainwater collection. Unimproved sources include vendors, tanker trucks, and unprotected wells and springs. Reasonable access is defined as the availability of at least 20 liters per person per day from a source within 1 kilometer of the dwelling. (WHO; UNICEF) Women in parliament The percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber occupied by women. (IPU)
Women who said distance to health facility is a problem when accessing healthcare Percentage of women who reported having big problems with the distance to a health facility in accessing healthcare for themselves when they are sick. (Household surveys)
Data sources The indicators presented in this Atlas are compiled by international agencies and by public and private organizations, usually on the basis of survey data or administrative statistics obtained from national governments. The principal source of each indicator is given in parentheses following the definition.
Workers’ remittances and compensation of employees, received and paid Current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. (World Bank; IMF)
The World Bank publishes these and many other statistical series in the World Development Indicators, available in print, as a CD-ROM, and online. Excerpts from this Atlas; additional information about sources, definitions, and statistical methods; and suggestions for further reading are available at data.worldbank.org.
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