| Variant title |
Subtitle on cover: Visiual guide to the world's greatest challenges |
| Cartographic data | Scales differ. |
| Contents |
Classification of economies -- The Millennium Development Goals -- Rich and poor: Measuring income ; Growth and opportunity ; Where is the wealth of nations ; How poor is poor? -- People: Population growth and transition -- Education: Children at work ; Education opens doors -- Gender: Gender equality and development -- Health: Children under 5 : struggling to survive ; Improving the health of mothers ; Communicable diseases 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 Environment: The urban environment ; Feeding a growing world ; A thirsty planet gets thirstier ; Protecting forests ; Energy security and climate change -- Statistics: Key indicators of development ; Ranking of economies by GNI per capita ; Definitions, sources, notes, and abbreviations. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Maps. |
| Genre/form | Statistics. |
| ISBN | 9780821397589 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 0821397583 (electronic bk.) |
