Contents -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1 INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL ISSUES -- Part One: The Global Economy -- 2 POVERTY AND INEQUALITY -- 3 THE SEARCH FOR STABILITY IN AN INTEGRATED GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM -- 4 DEVELOPMENT AID: KEY TO BALANCED GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT -- 5 DEBT RELIEF, DEBT SUSTAINABILITY, AND GROWTH IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES -- 6 GLOBALIZING WITH THEIR FEET: THE OPPORTUNITIES AND COSTS OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION -- 7 TRADE REFORM AND THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA -- 8 THE CHALLENGE OF FOOD SECURITY: STRATEGIES TO REDUCE GLOBAL HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION -- Part Two: Human Development -- 9 DISEASES WITHOUT BORDERS: COPING WITH COMMUNICABLE DISEASE -- 10 SECURING THE FUTURE THROUGH EDUCATION: A TIDE TO LIFT ALL BOATS -- 11 HUNGER, MALNUTRITION, AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT -- Part Three: Environment and Natural Resources -- 12 CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE -- 13 TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE -- 14 CALMING GLOBAL WATERS: MANAGING A FINITE RESOURCE IN A GROWING WORLD -- 15 TOWARD SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF WORLD FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE -- 16 SUSTAINING THE WORLD'S FORESTS: MANAGING COMPETING DEMANDS FOR A VITAL RESOURCE -- Part Four: Global Governance -- 17 DEVELOPMENT IN THE CROSSFIRE: CONFLICT PREVENTION AND POSTCONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION -- 18 CURING THE CANCER OF CORRUPTION -- 19 THE UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SYSTEM: AN ORGANIZATION IN THE MIDST OF CHANGE -- 20 THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN ADDRESSING GLOBAL ISSUES -- 21 GLOBAL COMPACTS: BUILDING A BETTER WORLD FOR ALL -- INDEX -- Boxes -- 5.1 Odious Debt -- 6.1 A Taxonomy of Migration -- 6.2 Migrant Dreams Become Nightmares -- 7.1 Senegal's Agricultural Export Promotion Project -- 8.1 The World Food Summit's Definition of Food Security -- 8.2 The Debate over Genetically Modified Maize in Zambia.

8.3 Examples of Regional Integration in Agriculture in Africa -- 9.1 Can HIV/AIDS Treatment Be Made Affordable? -- 9.2 The Relationship Between Biodiversity and Human Health -- 9.3 The Successful Campaign to Contain the Ebola Virus -- 10.1 What Works to Reduce the Gender Gap in Education? -- 10.2 Recognizing the Need to Run in Order to Keep Up -- 10.3 The Education for All-Fast Track Initiative -- 11.1 Three Myths About Nutrition -- 12.1 Emissions Trading in the European Union -- 13.1 Energy and the Poor: A Fact Sheet -- 13.2 Selected World Bank Group Energy Projects in 2005 -- 16.1 Why Forests Matter to Africa -- 16.2 Mexico: Second Community Forestry Project -- 16.3 Forest Law Enforcement and Governance -- 16.4 Amazon Regional Protected Areas -- 18.1 The Types of Corruption -- 18.2 Disclosure: The Right to Know -- 21.1 The Millennium Development Goals -- 21.2 Key Provisions of the 2005 United Nations World Summit -- Figures -- 2.1 Share of Population Living on Less Than a Dollar a Day in Selected Countries, 1981 and 2001 -- 2.2 Distribution of Global Gross National Income by Decile, 1980-2002 -- 2.3 World Opinion on Poverty and Equality as a Major Issue and on the Incidence of Hunger -- 3.1 International Financial Integration as Measured -- 3.2 International Financial Integration as Measured by Interest Rate Differentials -- 3.3 International Financial Integration as Measured by the Stock of Foreign Capital -- 3.4 Shares of Global Foreign Capital by Income Range of Recipient Country -- 4.1 Net Official Development Assistance Provided by Development Assistance Committee Member Countries, 1990-2010 -- 4.2 Distribution of the Increase in World Official Development Assistance, 2001-04 -- 5.1 Debt Ratios in Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, 1979-2001 -- 5.2 Actual and Simulated Debt-GDP Ratios in Low-Income Countries, 1980-2003.

5.3 Debt Service and Poverty-Reducing Government Expenditure in HIPCs -- 5.4 Debt-Export Ratios in HIPC Completion Point Countries before and after Relief under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative -- 5.5 Debt Service and Official Development Assistance for 28 Highly Indebted Poor Countries, 1999-2003 -- 6.1 Rates of Emigration to the United States by Income, 1989-2000 -- 7.1 Rates of Agricultural Protection from Border Measures and Direct Payments to Farmers, 2004 -- 8.1 Estimated Prevalence of Undernourishment in the Developing World, 2001-03 -- 8.2 Estimated Annual Economic Costs of Malnutrition in Selected Countries -- 9.1 Transmission Routes of the SARS Virus in the 2003 Outbreak -- 9.2 Avian Flu Outbreaks in 2005 and Major Flyways of Migratory Birds -- 10.1 A Virtuous Cycle of Education and Development -- 10.2 Accounting for the Difference in the Gross Domestic Product Growth Between Ghana and the Republic of Korea, 1960-2000 -- 11.1 Indicators of Malnutrition Among Children Under Five in Selected Countries and Regions, 1980-2005 -- 12.1 Global Atmospheric Concentrations of Major Greenhouse Gases -- 12.2 Geographic Distribution of Projected Global Temperature Increases -- 12.3 Geographic Distribution of Projected Global Precipitation Change -- 12.4 Projected Energy Use in Developing Countries, by Source, 2000-30 -- 13.1 Energy Consumption and Economic Growth -- 13.2 Energy Consumption and Human Development -- 13.3 Crude Oil Prices (Brent), 2002-05 -- 14.1 Deaths from Unsafe Water and Poor Sanitation and Hygiene, 2001 -- 14.2 Incidence of Water-Related Disasters by Type, 1960-2004 -- 14.3 Composition of Water Use by Country Income, 2002 -- 14.4 Access of Urban and Rural Residents to Water Supply and Sanitation, 1990 and 2002 -- 15.1 Growth of an Ungoverned Open Access Fishery.

15.2 Production from Capture Fisheries and Aquaculture by Developed and Developing Countries, and Food Fish Supply per Capita, 1972-2004 -- 15.3 State of Exploitation of Global Fish Stocks, 1974-2004 -- 15.4 World Aquaculture Production by Type and Location, 1972-2004 -- 16.1 Forest Area under Community Ownership or Community Administration Worldwide, 1985, 2001, and Projected 2015 -- 16.2 Main Causes of Deforestation by World Region, 1990-2000 -- 16.3 A Possible Global Forest Scenario for 2050 -- 17.1 Active Conflicts by Type, 1946-2004 -- 17.2 GDP per Capita and Estimated Risk of Conflict -- 18.1 Corruption Perceptions Index for Selected Countries, 2005 -- 18.2 Illicit Income Received by Iraq under the UN Oil-for-Food Programme -- 18.3 Key Constraints on Business as Reported by Firms, by World Region -- 18.4 Sectors and Institutions Most Affected by Corruption -- 18.5 Trust in Organizations and Institutions, 2001-05 -- 19.1 The United Nations System -- 19.2 United Nations System Expenditure by Major Category, 2004-05 -- Tables -- 1.1 A List of Global Issues by Thematic Area -- 2.1 People Living on Less Than a Dollar a Day, by Developing Region, 1981, 1990, and 2002 -- 3.1 Standards and Codes Relevant for the International Financial Architecture -- 4.1 Composition of and Increase in Net Official Development Assistance, 2001-04 -- 6.1 Economic Importance of Remittances by Developing Region and in Selected Countries, 2003 -- 7.1 Product Composition of Merchandise Trade in Developing Countries -- 7.2 Average Applied Import Tariffs by Sector and Region, 2001 -- 7.3 Estimated Impact of Full Liberalization of Global Merchandise Trade, by Country and Region, 2015 -- 7.4 Distribution of Estimated Welfare Effects of Full Trade Liberalization, by Source and Product Group, 2015.

7.5 Effects of Comprehensive Doha Trade Reform on Agricultural Output and Employment Growth, by Country and Region, 2005-15 -- 8.1 Food Availability by World Region, Selected Years -- 8.2 Key International Conventions and Declarations Relating to Hunger and Food Security -- 9.1 Elements of an Effort to Deal with Infectious Diseases -- 11.1 Copenhagen Consensus Rankings of Development Investments by Social Return -- 11.2 Benefit-Cost Ratios for Selected Nutrition Programs -- 11.3 How Investing in Nutrition is Critical to Achieving the MDGs -- 15.1 Selected Global Indicators on Large-Scale and Small-Scale Fishing, 1980 -- 18.1 Personal Effect of Corruption on Respondents, by Household Income -- Annex -- 18.1 Recommended Measures in the ADB/OECD Anticorruption Action Plan for Asia and the Pacific -- 19.1 Programs, Funds, and Other Organs of the United Nations System and Specialized Agencies.