Title:
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ATLAS OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
A VISUAL GUIDE TO THE WORLD'S GREATEST CHALLENGES |
By: |
World Bank |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
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£17.95 |
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ISBN 10: |
0821368567 |
ISBN 13: |
9780821368565 |
Publisher: |
WORLD BANK PUBLICATIONS |
Pub. date: |
15 February, 2007 |
Pages: |
144 |
Description: |
Illustrates the key development challenges facing our world. Using easy-to read, colorful world maps, tables, graphs, text and photographs, this book presents the social, economic, and environmental issues that are facing the planet. |
Synopsis: |
"The Atlas of Global Development" vividly illustrates the key development challenges facing our world today. Social, economic, and environmental issues that are facing the planet are presented by easy-to read, colorful world maps, tables, graphs, text and photographs. Drawing on data from the World Bank's authoritative World Development Indicators, the book brings to life country comparisons of social indicators like life expectancy, infant mortality, safe water, population, growth, poverty and energy efficiency. Issues that have been hitting the headlines such as AIDS, population living below $1 a day, freshwater, trade are presented giving an unbiased view of the state of the world we live in. This title builds on the existing World Bank Atlas which has been published by the World Bank for almost four decades. |
Illustrations: |
col. Illustrations, col. maps. |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
World Bank Publications |
Returns: |
Returnable |