Atlas of global development

Author/Creator:

World Bank

Publication/Creation:

Glasgow, United Kingdom : Collins Bartholomew, [2013]

Format:

Map

Edition:

4th ed.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Atlas of global development / International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank

Series Titles:

World Bank e-Library.

Variant Titles:

Subtitle on cover: Visiual guide to the world's greatest challenges

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

HarperCollins (Firm)

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Atlases

Subjects:

Gross national product--Maps
Population--Statistics--Periodicals
Economic indicators--Maps
Social indicators--Maps
Environmental indicators--Maps
Economic development
Developing countries--Statistics

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Guide to the online atlas -- Classification of economies -- The Millennium Development Goals -- Rich and poor -- Measuring income -- Growth and opportunity -- Where is the wealth of nations? -- How poor is poor? -- People -- Population growth and transition -- Education -- Children at work -- Education opens doors -- Gender -- Gender equality and development -- Health -- Children under 5-struggling to survive -- Improving the health of mothers -- Communicable diseases -- Economy -- Structure of the world 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 forests -- Energy security and climate change -- Statistics -- Key indicators of development -- Ranking of economies by GNI per capita -- Definitions, sources, notes, and abbreviations -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W.

Summary:

COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED Published in association with Harper Collins, the completely revised and updated fourth edition of the Atlas of Global Development is a comprehensive guide to the most critical issues facing our changing world today. A visual guide to global issues - easy-to-read graphical presentation with every topic presented by colorful world maps, tables, graphs, and photographs Topics that are shaping our world - key development indicators, from poverty, population growth, and food production to climate change, foreign direct investment, and international trade The latest, authoritative statistics - from the World Bank's World Development Indicators database The Atlas comes with an interactive companion online atlas, the new World Bank e-Atlas of Global Development, and new to this edition, a companion mobile app. '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

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (144 pages) : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm

General Note:

"A visual guide to the world's greatest challenges."--Subtitle from cover.
Includes index.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936713643502486

ISBN:

9780821397589
0821397583

OCLC Number:

846972289
896890476

Other Identifiers:

10.1596/978-0-8213-9757-2