Format:
1 online resource (460 pages)
ISBN:
9780821378304
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0821378295
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9780821378298
Content:
Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? 'World Development Indicators' is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. This indispensable statistical reference allows you to consult over 900 indicators for some 150 economies and 14 country groups in more than 80 tables. It provides a current overview of the most recent data available as well as important regional data and income group analysis in six thematic sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links. World Development Indicators 2009 presents the most current and accurate development data on both a national level and aggregated globally. It allows you to monitor the progress made toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals endorsed by the United Nations and its member countries, the World Bank, and a host of partner organizations. These goals, which focus on development and the elimination of poverty, serve as the agenda for international development efforts.
Content:
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Partners -- Users guide -- 1. WORLD VIEW -- Introduction -- Tables -- 1.1 Size of the economy -- 1.2 Millennium Development Goals: eradicating poverty and saving lives -- 1.3 Millennium Development Goals: protecting our common environment -- 1.4 Millennium Development Goals: overcoming obstacles -- 1.5 Women in development -- 1.6 Key indicators for other economies -- Text figures, tables, and boxes -- 1a Developing economies had their best decade of growth in 2000-07 -- 1b Long-term trends reached new heights -- 1c Most developing economy exports go to high-income economies -- 1d Increased investment led to faster growth in low- and middle-income economies -- 1e Large current account surpluses and deficits were concentrated in a few economies during 2005-07 -- 1f Current account surpluses and deficits increased -- 1g Trade surpluses led to large build-ups in reserves -- 1h Trade deficits were financed by foreign investors -- 1i Private capital flows to developing economies took off in 2002 . . . -- 1j . . . And investors perceived less risk -- 1k Prices of assets, especially in real estate, were rising rapidly in some countries . . . -- 1l . . . And so were equity asset valuations -- 1m Indebtedness ratios have improved for most economies -- 1n Growing reserves comfortably covered short-term debt liabilities -- 1o Commodity price rises accelerated in recent years -- 1p Food and fuel importers were hurt by rising prices -- 1q Output in the largest economies slowed or declined in the 4th quarter of 2008 -- 1r U.S. household debt rose rapidly after 2000 -- 1s U.S. house prices peaked in 2006 -- 1t As housing bubbles burst, investors lost confidence -- 1u Savings and investment in China . . . -- 1v . . . And the United States -- 1w The five largest current account surpluses and deficits.
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Preface; Acknowledgments; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Partners; Users guide; 1. WORLD VIEW; 2. PEOPLE; 3. ENVIRONMENT; 4. ECONOMY; 5. STATES AND MARKETS; 6. GLOBAL LINKS; Primary data documentation; Statistical methods; Credits; Bibliography; Index of indicators;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821378298
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780821378298
Language:
English
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