TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FRONT -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Partners -- Users guide -- 1. WORLD VIEW -- Introduction -- Millennium Development Goals, targets, and indicators -- Tables -- 1.1 Size of the economy -- 1.2 Millennium Development Goals: eradicating poverty and improving lives -- 1.3 Millennium Development Goals: protecting our common environment -- 1.4 Millennium Development Goals: overcoming obstacles -- 1.5 Women in development -- 1.6 Key indicators for other economies -- Text figures and boxes -- Goal 1 Poverty rates are falling, but progress has been uneven -- China leads the way -- Rising poverty In Africa-and between the poverty lines -- Fewer people in extreme poverty -- Africa's poor get poorer -- Which countries are on track to reach the MDG target? -- Starbng life at a disadvantage -- Hunger rising in Africa -- Poor and malnourished -- Goal 2 More children everywhere are completing primary school -- Education for all means girls and boys -- lnefficient schools slow progress -- Rich and poor: an attendance gap -- Goal 3 More girls in school, but the 2005 target will be missed -- More women working for wages -- Few women in decisionmaking positions -- Income and tradition determine girls' opportunities for schooling -- Goal 4 lmproving the odds for children -- To reduce child deaths, infants must survive -- Many children's deaths are preventable -- Unequal risks -- Goal 5 Mothers at risk in Africa and South Asia -- Mothers die because of inadequate health care -- Needed: well trained health workers -- Poor and rural women are least well served -- Goal 6 While Sub-Saharan Africa struggles, HIV/AIDS spreads in other regions -- The risk to women is growing -- The risk of tuberculosis grows for the most vulnerable -- In Africa AIDS is leaving millions of children orphaned -- Young children bear the burden of malaria.

Goal 7 People need safe, reliable supplies of water -- Many still lack adequate sanitation -- Urban areas are expanding -- More environmental challenges ahead -- Goal 8 Many sources and many patterns of financing -- Official development assistance is rising, but still too little -- Tariffs remain high on poor countries' exports -- Debt service is falling, but more relief is needed -- New technologies are spreading quickly -- 1.1a Developing countries produce slightly less than half the world's output -- 1.2a Location of indicators for Millennium Development Goals 1-5 -- 1.3a Location of indlcators for Millennium Development Goals 6-7 -- 1.4a Location of indicators for Millennium Development Goal 8 -- 2. PEOPLE -- Introduction -- Tables -- 2.1 Population dynamics -- 2.2 Labor force structure -- 2.3 Employment by economic activity -- 2.4 Unemployment -- 2.5 Poverty -- 2.6 Social indicators of poverty -- 2.7 Distribution of income or consumption -- 2.8 Assessing vulnerability -- 2.9 Enhancing security -- 2.10 Education inputs -- 2.11 Participation in education -- 2.12 Education efficiency and completion -- 2.13 Education outcomes -- 2.14 Health: expenditure, services, and use -- 2.15 Disease prevention: coverage and quality -- 2.16 Reproductive health -- 2.17 Nutrition -- 2.18 Health: risk factors and future challenges -- 2.19 Mortality -- Text figures and boxes -- 2a Progress toward gender parity in primary, secondary, and tertiary education is uneven across regions -- 2b Achieving equal access to education for boys and girls leads to progress toward the goal -- 2c Population estimates and enrollment rates -- 2d Sustainable statistical capacity is possible in low-income countries -- 2e Key gender performance indicators -- 2.5a Regional poverty estimates -- 2.5b Coverage of survey data by developing country region, 1978-81 to 2000-01.

2.9a Poor people often benefit less than wealthy people from pubic health spending -- 2.11a Access to education remains elusive, especially for poor children -- 2.13a In rural areas more children drop out of primary school, and girls are more vulnerable -- 2.14a A severe maldistribution of health workers -- 2.15a Children with acute respiratory infection have bettter access to health care in urban areas -- 2.19a Inequalities in health and use of health services in Burkina Faso, 1998 -- 3. ENVIRONMENT -- lntroduction -- Tables -- 3.a Urban housing conditions -- 3.1 Rural environment and land use -- 3.2 Agricultural inputs -- 3.3 Agricultural output and productivity -- 3.4 Deforestation and biodiversity -- 3.5 Freshwater -- 3.6 Water pollution -- 3.7 Energy production and use -- 3.8 Energy efficiency, dependency, and emissions -- 3.9 Sources of electricity -- 3.10 Urbanization -- 3.11 Urban environment -- 3.12 Traffic and congestion -- 3.13 Air pollution -- 3.14 Government commitment -- 3.15 Toward a broader measure of savings -- Text figurers and boxes -- 3a High-income countries account for half the world's carbon dioxide emissions -- 3b Most future urban growth will be absorbed by developing economies -- 3c Global monitoring of housing conditions and data requirements -- 3.1a All income groups and all regions are becoming less rural -- 3.2a Arable land per person is shrinking in all regions and in all income groups -- 3.3a The 10 countries with the highest cereal yield in 2002-0- and the 10 with the lowest -- 3.5a Agriculture uses more than 71 percent of freshwater globally -- 3.6a High- and middle-income countries account for most water pollution from organic waste -- 3.7a Ten of the top 15 energy producers are low-income countries. . . . -- 3.7b . . . but only 7 of the top 15 energy users are.

3.7c High-income countries have the highest energy use per capita -- 3.8a All income groups are using energy more efficiently now -- 3.9a Sources of electricity generation have shifted differently in different income groups -- 3.10a Developing economies are becoming more urban -- 3.10b . . . and urbanization is growing fastest in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia -- 3.11a The use of public transportation for work trips varied widely across cities in 1998 -- 3.12a High-income countries have many more passenger cars per 1,000 people than developing countries do -- 3.14a The Kyoto Protocol on climate change -- 3.14b Global atmospheric concentrations of chlorofluorocarbons have leveled off -- 3.14c Global focus on biodiversity and climate change -- 4. ECONOMY -- Introduction -- Tables -- 4.a Recent economic performance -- 4.b Key macroeconomic indicators -- 4.1 Growth of output -- 4.2 Structure of output -- 4.3 Structure of manufacturing -- 4.4 Growth of merchandise trade -- 4.5 Structure of merchandise exports -- 4.6 Structure of merchandise imports -- 4.7 Structure of service exports -- 4.8 Structure of servrce imports -- 4.9 Structure of demand -- 4.10 Growth of consumption and investment -- 4.11 Central government finances -- 4.12 Central government expenses -- 4.13 Central government revenues -- 4.14 Monetary indicators and prices -- 4.15 Balance of payments current account -- 4.16 External debt -- 4.17 External debt management -- Text figures and boxes -- 4a Economic growth varies greatly across regions -- 4b With more than two decades of rapid growth East Asia and Pacific has caught up with Latin America and the Caribbean -- 4c The 10 largest holders of foreign exchange reserves in 2003 -- 4d Fewer countries had double digit inflation rates in 2003 -- 4e The System of National Accounts-keeping up with the 21st century.

4.3a Manufacturing continues to show strong growth in East Asia -- 4.5a Some developing country regions are increasing their share of merchandise exports -- 4.6a Top 10 exporters in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2003 -- 4.7a Top 10 developing country exporters of commercial services in 2003 -- 4.8a The mix of commercial service imports is changing -- 4.10a Investment has risen in Asia, but remains stagnant in Latin America and Africa -- 4.11a Selected developing countries with large cash deficits -- 4.12a Interest payments are a large part of government expenditure for some developing economies -- 4.13a Rich countries rely more on direct taxes -- 4.15a The 15 economies with the largest current account surplus and the 15 with the largest deficit-in 2002 -- 4.16a The debt burden of Sub-Saharan African countries has been falling since 1995 -- 4.17a When the present value of a country's external debt exceeds 220 percent of exports or 80 percent of GNI, the World Ban -- 5. STATES AND MARKETS -- Introduction -- Tables -- 5.1 Private sector development -- 5.2 Investment climate -- 5.3 Business environment -- 5.4 Stock markets -- 5.5 Financial depth and efficiency -- 5.6 Tax policies -- 5.7 Relative prices and exchange rates -- 5.8 Defense expenditures and arms transfers -- 5.9 Transport services -- 5.10 Power and communications -- 5.11 The information age -- 5.12 Science and technology -- Text figures and boxes -- 5a Policy uncertainty dominates the investment climate concerns of firms -- 5b Challenges in measuring the investment climate -- 5.1a Latin America and the Caribbean still has the highest investment levels, but activity has declined for the fifth consecu -- 5.9a World airline passenger traffic is expected to rebound in 2004 after two years of stagnation -- 5.10a Mobile phone access outpaced fixed-line access in some developing country regions in 2003.

5.11a Six of the top ten world spenders on information and communications technology are developing economies.