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World Development Indicators (Record no. 22071)

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Title World Development Indicators
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Formatted contents note TABLE OF CONTENTS:<br/>Foreword v;<br/>Acknowledgments vi;<br/>Preface vii;<br/>Partners xiii;<br/>Users guide xxvi;<br/>2004 World Development Indicators ix;<br/>Introduction 35;<br/>Tables:<br/>Text and Figures;<br/>Introduction 1;<br/>Millennium Development Goals, targets, and indicators 12, <br/>Tables:<br/>1.1 Size of the economy 14;<br/>1.2 Millennium Development Goals: eradicating poverty and improving lives 18;<br/>1.3 Millennium Development Goals: protecting our common environment 22;<br/>1.4 Millennium Development Goals: overcoming obstacles 26;<br/>1.5 Women in development 28;<br/>1.6 Key indicators for other economies 32;<br/>Text figures and boxes:<br/>1a Poverty rates have been falling in all regions except Sub-Saharan Africa 1;<br/>1b But more than 1.1 billion people remain in extreme poverty 1;<br/>1c Most regions are on a path to cut extreme poverty by half by 2015 2;<br/>1d With continuing growth the number of people living in extreme poverty will fall 3;<br/>1e And the proportion of people in extreme poverty will reach an all-time low 3;<br/>1f But more than 2 billion people will live on less than $2 a day 3;<br/>1g And more than half the population of South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa will be very poor 3;<br/>1h The undernourished are everywhere 4;<br/>1i Malnourished children are among the most vulnerable 4;<br/>1l Many girls still do not have equal access to education 6;<br/>1m Literacy rates have been rising as more children remain in school, but girls lag behind boys 6;<br/>1n Few countries are on track to meet the child mortality target 7;<br/>1o To reduce early childhood deaths, immunization programs must be extended and sustained 7;<br/>1p Extreme risks of dying from pregnancy or childbirth in some regions 8;<br/>1q The presence of skilled health staff lowers the risk of maternal death 8;<br/>1r HIV strikes at youth—and women are particularly vulnerable 9;<br/>1s Treated bednets are a proven way to combat malaria, but they are still not widely used 9;<br/>1t Greenhouse gas emissions rise with income 10;<br/>1u Access to water and sanitation services will require large investments 10;<br/>1v Slums are growing in newly urbanized areas 10;<br/>1w Aid has increased, but not by as much as domestic subsidies to agriculture 11;<br/>1x New commitments by donors, the first major increase in more than a decade, will still meet only a fraction of the need 11;<br/>1.2a Location of indicators for Millennium Development Goals 1–5 21;<br/>1.3a Location of indicators for Millennium Development Goals 6–7 25;<br/>1.4a Location of indicators for Millennium Development Goal 8 27;<br/>1.5a Income and gender affect children’s access to basic health care 31;<br/>FRONT:<br/>2.1 Population dynamics 38;<br/>2.2 Labor force structure 42;<br/>2.3 Employment by economic activity 46;<br/>2.4 Unemployment 50;<br/>2.5 Poverty 54;<br/>2.6 Social indicators of poverty 58;<br/>2.7 Distribution of income or consumption 60;<br/>2.8 Assessing vulnerability 64;<br/>2.9 Enhancing security 68;<br/>2.10 Education inputs 72;<br/>2.11 Participation in education 76;<br/>2.12 Education efficiency 80;<br/>2.13 Education outcomes 84;<br/>2.14 Health expenditure, services, and use 88;<br/>2.15 Disease prevention: coverage and quality 92;<br/>2.16 Reproductive health 96;<br/>2.17 Nutrition 100;<br/>2.18 Health risk factors and future challenges 104<br/>2.19 Mortality 108<br/>Text figures and boxes<br/>2a Poverty and illiteracy are related 35<br/>2b Defining income poverty 36<br/>2c Why public services fail poor people 37<br/>2d Poor women are much less likely to receive expert care in childbirth 37<br/>2.3a Women tend to suffer disproportionately from underemployment 49<br/>2.6a Education lowers birth rates dramatically for rich women, but not for poor ones 59<br/>2.10a Education suffers in primary schools with high teacher absence rates 75<br/>2.11a Girls from rural areas and poor households have the lowest attendance rates in Guinea 79<br/>2.13a There is a strong positive relationship between primary school enrollment ratios and literacy among youth 87<br/>2.14a High health personnel absence rates lower the quality of health care 91<br/>2.15a Children in rural households are less likely to use bednets 95<br/>2.16a Does household wealth affect antenatal care? 99<br/>2.18a HIV prevalence rates vary by method of data collection 107<br/>2.18b In some countries men know more about preventing HIV than women do 107<br/>2.19a Under-five mortality rates are higher in poor households than in rich ones 111<br/>2. PEOPLE<br/>Introduction 113<br/>Tables<br/>3.1 Rural environment and land use 116<br/>3.2 Agricultural inputs 120<br/>3.3 Agricultural output and productivity 124<br/>3.4 Deforestation and biodiversity 128<br/>3.5 Freshwater 132<br/>3.6 Water pollution 136<br/>3.7 Energy production and use 140<br/>3.8 Energy efficiency, dependency, and emissions 144<br/>3.9 Sources of electricity 148<br/>3.10 Urbanization 152<br/>3.11 Urban environment 156<br/>3.12 Traffic and congestion 160<br/>3.13 Air pollution 164<br/>3.14 Government commitment 166<br/>3.15 Toward a broader measure of savings 170<br/>Text figures and boxes<br/>3a High-income countries use more than half the world’s energy 114<br/>3b Emissions of carbon dioxide vary widely, even among the five largest producers of emissions 115<br/>3c Emissions of some greenhouse and ozone-depleting gases have begun to fall or slow since Rio 115<br/>3.1a All regions are becoming less rural 119<br/>3.2a The 10 countries with the most arable land per person in 1999–2001—and the 10 with the least 123<br/>3.3a The 15 countries with the highest cereal yield in 2001–03—and the 15 with the lowest 127<br/>3.5a The distribution of freshwater resources is uneven 135<br/>3.5b Latin America and the Caribbean has more than 20 times the freshwater resources per capita as the Middle East<br/>and North Africa 135<br/>3.6a High- and middle-income countries account for most water pollution from organic waste 139<br/>3.7a Energy use varies by country, even among the five largest energy users 143<br/>3.7b People in high-income countries use more than five times as much energy as do people in low-income countries 143<br/>3.8a Per capita emissions of carbon dioxide vary, even among the five largest producers of emissions 147<br/>3.9a Sources of electricity generation have shifted differently in different income groups 151<br/>3.10a More people now live in urban areas in low-income countries than in high-income countries . . . 155<br/>3.10b Latin America was as urban as the average high-income country in 2002 155<br/>3.11a The use of public transportation for work trips varied widely across cities in 1998 159<br/>3.12a The 10 countries with the most vehicles per 1,000 people in 2001—and the 10 with the fewest 163<br/>3.14a The Kyoto Protocol on climate change 166<br/>3.14b Global atmospheric concentrations of chlorofluorocarbons have leveled off 167<br/>3.14c Global focus on biodiversity and climate change 168<br/>3. ENVIRONMENT<br/>Introduction 251<br/>Tables<br/>5.1 Private sector investment 254<br/>5.2 Investment climate 258<br/>5.3 Business environment 262<br/>5.4 Stock markets 266<br/>5.5 Financial depth and efficiency 270<br/>5.6 Tax policies 274<br/>5.7 Relative prices and exchange rates 278<br/>5.8 Defense expenditures and arms transfers 282<br/>5.9 Transport infrastructure 286<br/>5.10 Power and communications 290<br/>5.11 The information age 294<br/>5.12 Science and technology 298<br/>Text figures and boxes<br/>5a Higher income economies often have less regulated labor markets than lower income economies 253<br/>5.1a Foreign direct investment has expanded rapidly in many developing countries, contributing to increased productivity 257<br/>5.10a Mobile phone subscribers are approaching (or surpassing) 500 per 1,000 people in some developing and transition economies 293<br/>Introduction 175<br/>Tables<br/>4.1 Growth of output 182<br/>4.2 Structure of output 186<br/>4.3 Structure of manufacturing 190<br/>4.4 Growth of merchandise trade 194<br/>4.5 Structure of merchandise exports 198<br/>4.6 Structure of merchandise imports 202<br/>4.7 Structure of service exports 206<br/>4.8 Structure of service imports 210<br/>4.9 Structure of demand 214<br/>4.10 Growth of consumption and investment 218<br/>4.11 Central government finances 222<br/>4.12 Central government expenditures 226<br/>4.13 Central government revenues 230<br/>4.14 Monetary indicators and prices 234<br/>4.15 Balance of payments current account 238<br/>4.16 External debt 242<br/>4.17 External debt management 246<br/>Text figures and boxes<br/>4a Economic growth varies by region 175<br/>4b With two decades of rapid growth, East Asia and Pacific has<br/>caught up with Latin America and the Caribbean 176<br/>4.a Recent economic performance 178<br/>4.b Key macroeconomic indicators 179<br/>4.3a Manufacturing continues to show strong growth in East Asia 193<br/>4.5a Some developing country regions are increasing their share of merchandise exports 201<br/>4.6a Top 10 developing country exporters in 2002 205<br/>4.7a Top 10 developing country exporters of commercial services in 2002 209<br/>4.8a Developing economies are consuming less transport services 213<br/>4.10a Per capita consumption has risen in Asia, fallen in Africa 221<br/>4.11a Some developing economies spend a large part of their current revenue on interest payments 225<br/>4.12a Interest payments are a large part of government expenditure for some developing economies 229<br/>4.13a Poor countries rely more on indirect taxes 233<br/>4.15a Worker remittances are an important source of income for many developing economies 241<br/>4.16a Since 2000, GDP has been larger than external debt for the heavily indebted poor countries 245<br/>4.17a When the present value of a country’s external debt exceeds 220 percent of exports or 80 percent of GNI the World Bank classifies it as severely indebted 249<br/>TABLE OF CONTENTS<br/>x 2004 World Development Indicators<br/>4. ECONOMY 5. STATES AND MARKETS<br/>Primary data documentation 353<br/>Acronyms and abbreviations 361<br/>Statistical methods 362<br/>Credits 364<br/>Bibliography 366<br/>Index of indicators 374<br/>Introduction 303<br/>Tables<br/>6.1 Integration with the global economy 306<br/>6.2 Direction and growth of merchandise trade 310<br/>6.3 OECD trade with low- and middle-income economies 313<br/>6.4 Primary commodity prices 316<br/>6.5 Regional trade blocs 318<br/>6.6 Tariff barriers 322<br/>6.7 Global private financial flows 326<br/>6.8 Net financial flows from Development Assistance Committee members 330<br/>6.9 Aid flows from Development Assistance Committee members 332<br/>6.10 Aid dependency 334<br/>6.11 Distribution of net aid by Development Assistance Committee members 338<br/>6.12 Net financial flows from multilateral institutions 342<br/>6.13 Foreign labor and population in selected OECD countries 346<br/>6.14 Travel and tourism 348<br/>Text figures and boxes<br/>6a More than half of world output is globally traded 303<br/>6b Aid after Monterrey 304<br/>6c Immigrant labor plays an important role in some high-income economies 305<br/>6.2a Rich markets for developing country exports 312<br/>6.3a Manufactured goods from developing countries dominated imports by OECD countries in 2002 315<br/>6.8a Who were the largest donors in 2002? 331<br/>6.9a Official development assistance from selected non-DAC donors, 1998–2002 333<br/>6.10a Where did aid go in 2002? 337<br/>6.11a Top aid recipients from top DAC donors reflect historical alliances and geopolitical events 341<br/>6.13a Migration to OECD countries is growing 347<br/>6.14a Tourism is highest in high-income countries 351<br/>
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