Atlas of Global Development

The World Bank

Description

Published in association with Harper Collins, the completely revised and updated third edition of the Atlas of Global Development vividly illustrates the key development challenges facing our world today.
'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

Sujets

• Atlas
• Data
• Energy efficiency
• Environmental issue
• Expectancy theory
• International development
• Growth
• Infant mortality
• Population
• Poverty
• Drinking water
• Social issues
• Éducation
• Environment
• Governance
• Health
• Poverty reduction
• Social change

Informations

• Publié par: world-bank-publications
• Publié le: 16 avril 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 129
• EAN13: 9780821385838
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 16 Mo

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third edition
Washington, D.C.© 2011 The International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development /
The World Bank
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and do not necessarily refl ect the views of the Executive Directors of the International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank or the governments they represent.
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of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries.
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ISBN: 978-0-8213-8583-8
E-ISBN: 978-0-8213-8664-4
DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-8583-8
Printed in China by South China Printing Co Ltd.Contents
4 Acknowledgments
5 Foreword
6 Guide to the online atlas
8 Classification of economies
10 The Millennium Development Goals
14 Rich and poor
Measuring income | Growth and opportunity | How poor is poor?
28 People
Population growth and transition
34 Education
Children at work | Education opens doors
Gender and development—the role of infrastructure
48 Health
Children under 5—struggling to survive
Improving the health of mothers
Communicable diseases
62 Economy
Structure of the world’s economy | Governance
Infrastructure for development | Investment for growth
The integrating world | People on the move
Aid for development | External debt
100 Environment
The urban environment
Feeding a growing world | A thirsty planet gets thirstier
Protecting the environment | Energy security and climate change | Where is the wealth of nations?
128 Statistics
Key indicators of development
Ranking of economies by GNI per capita
Definitions, sources, notes, and abbreviations
143 Index Acknowledgments
The text and data for the third edition of the Atlas of Global Development were prepared by the
Development Economics Data Group of the World Bank under the management of Shaida Badiee.
The team consisted of Mehdi Akhlaghi, Uranbileg Batjargal, Lopamudra Chakraborti, David Cieslikowski,
Mayhar Eshragh-Tabary, Richard Fix, Masako Hiraga, Buyant Khaltarkhuu, Soong Sup Lee, Ibrahim Levent,
Sulekha Patek, Beatriz Prieto-Oramas, William Prince, Evis Rucaj, and Giovanni Ruta. Eric Swanson
was the general editor. Jeff Lecksell made valuable contributions. Aziz Gökdemir, Stephen McGroarty,
Santiago Pombo, Stuart Tucker, and Shana Wagger from the World Bank’s Offi ce of the Publisher
managed the development and dissemination of the book and its online companion.
The Publishing, Design, Editorial, Creative Services, and Database teams at Collins Geo,
HarperCollins Publishers, provided overall design direction, editorial control, mapping, and typesetting.
Picture credits
Curt Carnemark/World Bank 32, 40, 52, 63 (bottom), 76, 114; David A. Cieslikowski 26, 119; Emilio
Flores/Corbis 90; Michael Foley/World Bank 16, 20, 30, 56, 113 (top); Greg Girard/IFC 84; Aziz Gökdemir
98; Louise Gubb/Corbis 106; Tran Thi Hoa/World Bank 36; Yosef Hadar/World Bank 120; Henry
Huffman/World Bank 92; Anvar Ilyasov/World Bank 24; Ed Kashi/Corbis 68; Frans Lanting/Corbis 116;
Bill Lyons/World Bank 44, 71; Jamie Martin/World Bank 35; Simone D. McCourtie/World Bank 72;
Eric Miller/World Bank 46, 78; Viviane Moos/Corbis 102; Anatoliy Rakhimbayev/World Bank 105, 109;
Trevor Samson/World Bank 60, 66; Dominic Sansoni/World Bank 50, 82; Shannon Stapleton/Reuters/
Corbis 88; Eberhard Streichan/Zefa/Corbis 122; William Taufi c/Corbis 63 (top); UNCHR/T. Irwin 94;
UNEP 113 (bottom); Ami Vitale/World Bank 39; Scott Wallace/World Bank 64, 101; Ray Witlin/World
Bank 49, 110. Foreword
Human and economic development are closely The mission of the World Bank Group is to assist
linked to geography. Throughout history natural countries to overcome poverty and establish a
resources, landscapes, climate, and natural routes sustainable path for their development. Providing
have shaped the development of political and reliable information about the state of the
economic institutions, nation-states, and markets. world and its people is an important part of that
People, in turn, have reshaped their economic mission. Recognizing the formidable challenges
and social geography, through communication and great successes that have been achieved
and transport infrastructure, trade and migration, should strengthen our resolve to work together
innovation, and confl icts and cooperation. And to fi ght poverty and increase human welfare.
their activities increasingly infl uence the global To that end the World Bank has published an
climate, through deforestation, urbanization, atlas for over 40 years. This edition of the Atlas
water use, and the release of greenhouse gases. of Global Development draws on a global database
compiled from the work of the World Bank, other
Location is an important predictor of a person’s international agencies, and national statistical
welfare, with one’s prospects in life being decided offi ces of member countries. Now, as part of the
in good measure by one’s place of birth. But the World Bank’s Open Data Initiative, this database
diversity of outcomes across countries is great and is available to every reader of the Atlas for free
cannot be explained by one or even a few factors. and without restriction. I encourage you to go to
Landlocked states, for example, have a harder our data website at data.worldbank.org to explore
time participating in the global markets, and the wealth of information available. There is also
their development is often retarded, but Botswana an electronic companion to the Atlas, available at
has consistently grown faster than the rest of data.worldbank.org/atlas-global, which provides
Sub-Saharan Africa. Small, island economies and additional tools for mapping and charting the data
those in tropical regions face other obstacles to and comparing country outcomes. By sharing our
development, but Mauritius has overcome those data, tools, and research fi ndings, we hope to enlist
challenges and prospered. Although people’s many more people and their ideas from around
welfare and prospects depend on the location and the globe in creating a better world for all.
size of their economies, economic success also
depends on the dynamism and openness of their
political and economic institutions, the degree of
social and political cohesion, and the effectiveness
of their education and health services.
Justin Yifu Lin
Chief Economist and Senior Vice President,
Development Economics
The World BankFigure 1
USER’S GUIDE TO THE WORLD BANK eATLAS OF • The ranking table (bottom right-hand panel), which
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT shows indicator data, toggles from table to chart.
• A time series chart (across the bottom) is created; Easy navigation from the home page (accessible via
clicking on any country adds data to the chart.data.worldbank.org/atlas-global)
• View (top left, red toolbar) lets you launch a second • Use the right-hand panel to select a main topic and
map alongside the fi rst, providing a Comparative View.see related indicators for mapping. (When you make
a selection, a description appears, and the panel
refreshes with the indicators [fi gure 1]) Changing and viewing countries (fi gure 2)
• Use the search box (top right) to search for any word in • View and zoom to countries:
an indicator title or description (e.g., “malnutrition”).