World development indicators 2008 (Record no. 37694)
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| fixed length control field | 04130nam a2200169Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0821373866 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 330.91724 |
| Item number | W.B. |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | World Bank, Washington D.C. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | World development indicators 2008 |
| Medium | Book |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Washington, D.C. |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | World Bank International Bank for Reconstruction & Devep. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2008 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxi,418p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | FRONT Preface v Acknowledgmentsvii Partners xii Users guide xx 1. WORLD VIEW Introduction 1.a New purchasing power parity estimates from the 2005 International Comparison Program 8 1.1 Size of the economy 14 1.2 Millennium Development Goals: eradicating poverty and 18 saving lives 1.3 Millennium Development Goals: protecting our common 22 environment 1.4Millennium Development Goals: overcoming obstacles 26 1.5 Women in development 28 1.6 Key indicators for other economies 32 2. PEOPLE Introduction35 2.1Population dynamics 40 2:2Labor force structure 44 2.3 Employment by economic activity 48 2.4 Decent work and productive employment 52 2.5 Unemployment 56. 2.6 Children at work 60 2.7Poverty 64 2.8 Distribution of income or consumption 68 2.9.Assessing vulnerability and security 72 2.10 Education inputs 76 2.11 Participation in education 80 2.12 Education efficiency 84 2.13 Education completion and outcomes 88 2.14 Education gaps by income and gender 92 2.15 Health expenditure, services, and use 94 2.18 Disease prevention coverage and quality 98 2.17 Reproductive health 102 2.18 Nutrition 106 2.19 Health risk , factors .and public .health challenges. .. ..110. 2.20 Health gaps by income and gender 114 2.21 Mortality 118 3. ENVIRONMENT Introduction 123 3.1Rural population and land use 130 3.2Agricultural inputs134 3.3Agricultural output and productivity 138 3.4Deforestation and biodiversity142 3.5 Freshwater 146 3.6 Water pollution 150 3.7 Energy production and use 154 3.8Energy dependency and efficiency and carbon dioxide emissions 158 3.9 Trends in greenhouse gas emissions 162 3.10 Sources of electricity 166 3.11Urbanization 170 3.12 Urban housing conditions 174 3.13Traffic and congestion 178 3.14 Air pollution 182 3.15 Government commitment 184 3.16Toward a broader measure of savings 188 4. ECONOMY Introduction193 4.1Growth of output198 4.2Structure of output202 4.3Structure of manufacturing206 4.4Structure of merchandise exports210 4.5Structure of merchandise imports214 4.6Structure of service exports218 4.7Structure of service imports 222 4.8Structure of demand226 4.9Growth of consumption and investment230 4.10Central government finances234 4.11Central government expenses238 4.12Central government revenues242 4.13Monetary indicators246 4.14Exchange rates and prices250 4.15Balance of payments current account 254 5. STATES AND MARKETS Introduction 259 5.1Private sector in the economy 268 5.2Business environment: enterprise surveys 272 5.3Business environment: Doing Business indicators 276 5.4Stock markets 280 5.5Financial access, stability, and efficiency 284 5.6Tax policies 288 5.7Military expenditures and arms transfers 292 5.8Public policies and institutions 296 5.9Transport services 300 5.10Power and communicatipns 304 5.11The information age 308 5.12Science and technology 312 6. GLOBAL LINKS BACK Introduction 317 6.1 Integration with the global economy 320 6.2 Growth of merchandise trade .324 6.3 Direction and growth of merchandise trade 328 6.5 Primary commodity prices 334 6.6 Regional trade blocs 336 6.7 Tariff barriers 340 6.7 External debt 344 6.8 Ratios for external debt 348 6.9 Global private financial flows 352 6.10 Net official financial flows 356 6.11 Financial flows from Development Assistance Committee members 360 6.13 Allocation of bilateral aid fromDevelopment Assistance Committee members 362 6.14 Aid dependency 364 6.15 Distribution of net aid by Development Assistance Committee members 368 6.16 Movement of people 372 6.18Travel and tourism 376 Primary data documentation 381 Statistical methods 390 Credits 392 Bibliography 394 Index to indicators403 Text figures, tables, and boxes |
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| 9 (RLIN) | 42036 |
| 890 ## - Country | |
| Country | India |
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| Topic | FP |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Faculty of Planning | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 04/09/2008 | Unique Book House | 3390.00 | 330.91724 W.B. | 002731 | 30/08/2013 | 30/08/2013 | Book | Status:Catalogued;Bill No:4667 |