Atlas of Global Development: A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest Challenges (World Bank Atlas). Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Atlas of Global Development: A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest Challenges (World Bank Atlas)

Published in association with Harper Collins, the completely revised and updated second edition of the Atlas of Global Development vividly illustrates the key development challenges facing our world today. Keeping abreast of a changing world, new topics have been added including child employment, internet use, foreign direct investment, food production, and energy flows.Rich and poorMeasuring income | Growth and opportunity | How poor is poor?PeopleGlobal trends in populationEducationEducation opens doors | Children at workGender and developmentHealthChildren under five—struggling to surviveImproving the health of mothersCommunicable diseases—too little progressEconomyStructure of the world’s economy | GovernanceInfrastructure for development | Investment for growthThe integrating world | People on the moveAid for development | External debtEnvironmentThe urban environmentFeeding a growing world | A thirsty planet gets thirstierProtecting the environment | Energy security and climate changeStatisticsKey indicators of developmentRanking of economies by GNI per capitaThe need for statisticsMillennium Development Goals, targets and indicators'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

The World Bank came into formal existence in 1945 following the international ratification of the Bretton Woods agreements. It is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. The organization's activities are focused on education, health, agriculture and rural development, environmental protection, establishing and enforcing regulations, infrastructure development, governance and legal institutions development. The World Bank is made up of two unique development institutions owned by its 185 Member Countries. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) focuses on middle income and creditworthy poor countries and the International Development Association (IDA), which focuses on the poorest countries in the world.