Table of Contents -- FRONT -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Partners -- Users guide -- 1. WORLD VIEW -- Introduction -- Tables -- 1.1 Size of the economy -- 1.2 Millennium Development Goals: eradicating poverty and saving 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, tables, and boxes -- 1a Progress toward the Millennium Development Goals, by country -- 1b Progress toward the Millennium Development Goals, by population -- 1c Progress toward the Millennium Development Goals among low-income countries -- 1d Progress toward the Millennium Development Goals among lower middle-income countries -- 1e Progress toward the Millennium Development Goals among upper middle-income countries -- 1f Inequalities for school completion rates persist for men and women -- 1g Large disparities in child survival -- 1h Brazil improves income distribution -- 1i Child mortality rates rise when adjusted for equity -- 1j How governance contributes to social outcomes -- 1k Under-five mortality rates vary considerably among core fragile states -- 1l Status of national strategies for the development of statistics, 2009 -- 1m Statistical capacity indicators by region and areas of performance -- 1n Statistical capacity has improved ... -- 1o ... but data are still missing for key indicators -- 1.2a Location of indicators for Millennium Development Goals 1-4 -- 1.3a Location of indicators for Millennium Development Goals 5-7 -- 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 Decent work and productive employment -- 2.5 Unemployment.

2.6 Children at work -- 2.7 Poverty rates at national poverty lines -- 2.8 Poverty rates at international poverty lines -- 2.9 Distribution of income or consumption -- 2.10 Assessing vulnerability and security -- 2.11 Education inputs -- 2.12 Participation in education -- 2.13 Education efficiency -- 2.14 Education completion and outcomes -- 2.15 Education gaps by income and gender -- 2.16 Health services -- 2.17 Health information -- 2.18 Disease prevention coverage and quality -- 2.19 Reproductive health -- 2.20 Nutrition -- 2.21 Health risk factors and future challenges -- 2.22 Mortality -- Text figures, tables, and boxes -- 2a Child mortality is higher among the poorest children ... -- 2b ... as is child malnutrition -- 2c The poorest women have the least access to prenatal care -- 2d Poor and rural children are less likely to complete primary school ... -- 2e ... and more likely to be out of school -- 2f Poorer children are more likely to die before age 5 ... -- 2g ... and to be out of school -- 2h First-line health facilities in many countries lack electricity and clean water -- 2i Fewer health facilities in Guinea had electricity in 2001 than in 1998, but more had running water -- 2j Availability of child health services is weak in Egypt and Rwanda -- 2k Wealthy people have better access to child health services -- 2l Absenteeism among health workers reduces access to health care -- 2m Distribution of health workers in Zambia, 2004 -- 2n Many schools lack electricity, blackboards, seating, and libraries -- 2o Absenteeism is high among teachers in some poor countries, 2002-03 -- 2p The cost of education -- 2q Public expenditures on primary education, by region, 2004 -- 2r Available data on human development indicators vary by region -- 2s In many regions fewer than half of births are reported to the United Nations Statistics Division ..

2t ... and even fewer child deaths are reported -- 2u Out of school children are difficult to measure -- 2v Out-of-pocket health care costs are too high for many people to afford -- 2w Informal payments to health care providers are common -- 2x Primary school enrollment and attendance, 2003-08 -- 2y Instructional time for children varies considerably by country, 2004-06 -- 2.6a Brazil has rapidly reduced children's employment and raised school attendance -- 2.8a While the number of people living on less than 1.25 a day has fallen, the number living on 1.25-2.00 a day has increased -- 2.8b Poverty rates have begun to fall -- 2.8c Regional poverty estimates -- 2.9a The Gini coefficient and ratio of income or consumption of the richest quintile to the poorest quintiles are closely correlated -- 2.12a The situations of out of school children vary widely -- 2.15a Gender disparities in net primary school attendance are largest in poor and rural households -- 3. ENVIRONMENT -- Introduction -- Tables -- 3.1 Rural population 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 dependency and efficiency and carbon dioxide emissions -- 3.9 Trends in greenhouse gas emissions -- 3.10 Sources of electricity -- 3.11 Urbanization -- 3.12 Urban housing conditions -- 3.13 Traffic and congestion -- 3.14 Air pollution -- 3.15 Government commitment -- 3.16 Toward a broader measure of savings -- Text figures, tables, and boxes -- 3a Carbon dioxide is the most common greenhouse gas -- 3b Carbon dioxide emissions have surged since the 1950s -- 3c Carbon dioxide emissions are growing, 1990-2006 -- 3d A few rapidly developing and high-income countries produce 70 percent of carbon dioxide emissions.

3e Trends in fossil fuel use and energy intensity -- 3f Emission reductions by 2030 -- 3g Future energy use under the IEA-450 scenario -- 3h People affected by natural disasters and projected changes in rainfall and agricultural production -- 3i Potential contributions of the water sector to attaining the Millennium Development Goals -- 3.1a What is rural? Urban? -- 3.2a Nearly 40 percent of land globally is devoted to agriculture -- 3.2b Developing regions lag in agricultural machinery, which reduces their agricultural productivity -- 3.3a Cereal yield in low-income economies is less than 40 percent of the yield in high-income countries -- 3.3b Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest yield, while East Asia and Pacific is closing the gap with high-income economies -- 3.5a Agriculture is still the largest user of water, accounting for some 70 percent of global withdrawals in 2007 ... -- 3.5b ... and approaching 90 percent in some developing regions in 2007 -- 3.6a Emissions of organic water pollutants declined in most economies from 1990 to 2006, even in some of the top emitters -- 3.7a A person in a high-income economy uses more than 12 times as much energy on average as a person in a low-income economy -- 3.8a High-income economies depend on imported energy ... -- 3.8b ... mostly from middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean -- 3.9a The 10 largest contributors to methane emissions account for about 62 percent of emissions -- 3.9b The 10 largest contributors to nitrous oxide emissions account for about 56 percent of emissions -- 3.10a Sources of electricity generation have shifted since 1990 ... -- 3.10b ... with developing economies relying more on coal 193 -- 3.11a Urban population nearly doubled in low- and lower middle-income economies between 1990 and 2008.

3.11b Latin America and the Caribbean had the same share of urban population as high-income economies in 2008 -- 3.12a Selected housing indicators for smaller economies -- 3.13a Particulate matter concentration has fallen in all income groups, and the higher the income, the lower the concentration -- 4. ECONOMY -- Introduction -- Tables -- 4.a Recent economic performance of selected developing countries -- 4.1 Growth of output -- 4.2 Structure of output -- 4.3 Structure of manufacturing -- 4.4 Structure of merchandise exports -- 4.5 Structure of merchandise imports -- 4.6 Structure of service exports -- 4.7 Structure of service imports -- 4.8 Structure of demand -- 4.9 Growth of consumption and investment -- 4.10 Central government finances -- 4.11 Central government expenses -- 4.12 Central government revenues -- 4.13 Monetary indicators -- 4.14 Exchange rates and prices -- 4.15 Balance of payments current account -- Text figures, tables, and boxes -- 4a As incomes rise, poverty rates fall -- 4b Income per capita is highly correlated with many development indicators -- 4c After years of record economic growth the global economy experienced a recession in 2009 -- 4d Trade contracted in almost every region -- 4e Private capital flows began to slow in 2008 -- 4f Some developing country regions maintained growth -- 4g Current account surpluses and deficits both decreased -- 4h Economies with large government deficits -- 4i Economies with large government debts -- 4j Economies with increasing default risk -- 4m-4r Growth in GDP, selected major developing economies -- 4s-4x Growth in industrial production, selected major developing economies -- 4y-4dd Lending and inflation rates, selected major developing economies -- 4ee-4jj Central government debt, selected major developing economies -- 4kk-4pp Merchandise trade, selected major developing economies.

4qq-4vv Equity price indexes, selected major developing economies.