Contents 4
Acknowledgments
5
Foreword
6
Guide to the online atlas
8
Classification of economies
10
The Millennium Development Goals
14
Rich and poor Measuring income | Growth and opportunity | How poor is poor?
28
People Population growth and transition
34
Education Children at work | Education opens doors Gender and development—the role of infrastructure
48
Health Children under 5—struggling to survive Improving the health of mothers Communicable diseases
62
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
100
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?
128
Statistics Key indicators of development Ranking of economies by GNI per capita Definitions, sources, notes, and abbreviations
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Index