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245 | 0 | _aWorld Bank atlas / | |
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_aWashington, D.C. : _bWorld Bank, _cc2004. |
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_a63 p. : _bcol. ill. _c22 x 28 cm. |
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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 | ||
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_aEconomic indicators _2sears _938268 |
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_aEnvironmental indicators _2sears _928355 |
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_aGross national product _2sears _985283 |
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_aPopulation _2sears _937247 |
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_aSocial indicators _2sears _941463 |
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_aWolfensohn, James D. _991648 |
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