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050 _aR G 1046 .W893 2004
245 0 _aWorld Bank atlas /
260 _aWashington, D.C. :
_bWorld Bank,
_cc2004.
300 _a63 p. :
_bcol. ill.
_c22 x 28 cm.
520 _a in low-income countries 78 percent of boys and 68 percent of girls attend primary school
520 _a eighty percent of the world's GDP belong to the 1 billion living in rich countries
520 _a high-income countries use more than half the world's energy resources. "In" World Bank Atlas".
520 _a more than 10 milion children die each year in the developing world, the vast majority from illnesses that are preventable through good care, nutrition, and medical treatment
520 _aThe maps and charts in the atlas bring to life the sharp disparirties that still exist in the first decade of the 21st century. They show the gaps in income between countries, and the inequalities between the rich and the poor within countries. They also show the distribution of natural resources, and how countries are using or misusing these endowments. Some of the disparities that emerged as shown by the atlas conveys the following: in a world of six billion, more than one billion survive on less tha $1 a day and another 1.5 billion live on less than $2 a day
650 _aEconomic indicators
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650 _aEnvironmental indicators
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650 _aGross national product
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650 _aPopulation
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650 _aSocial indicators
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700 _aWolfensohn, James D.
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