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Atlas of Global Development : A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest Challenges.
Title:
Atlas of Global Development : A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest Challenges.
Author:
Bank, World.
ISBN:
9780821386644
Personal Author:
Edition:
3rd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (201 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Guide to the online atlas -- Classification of economies -- The Millennium Development Goals -- 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 Rank -- Definitions, sources, notes, and abbreviations -- Index.
Abstract:
Published in association with Harper Collins, the completely revised and updated third edition of the Atlas of Global Development vividly illustrates the key development challenges facing our world today. '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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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