Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the data -- Introduction -- The world by income, FY2017 -- The world by region -- Sustainable Development Goals -- 1 No poverty -- 2 Zero hunger -- 3 Good health and well-being -- 4 Quality education -- 5 Gender...

THE FINANCIAL MELTDOWN -- DEBT IN TODAY'S WORLD -- ESTABLISHING CREDIT -- THE MORTGAGE MARKET -- THE CREDIT REPORT -- DEBT ELIMINATION STRATEGIES -- MANAGING HEALTH CARE EXPENSES -- PAYING FOR COLLEGE -- IDENTITY THEFT -- SAVING FOR RETIREMENT -- BUILDING YOUR SAVINGS

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology could provide a technological bridge for achieving near to midterm GHG emission reduction goals. Integrated CCS technology is still under development and has noteworthy challenges, which would be possible to overcome through the implementation of...

At present, different concentrating solar thermal technologies (CST) have reached varying degrees of commercial availability. This emerging nature of CST means that there are market and technical impediments to accelerating its acceptance, including cost competitiveness, an understanding of...

Renewable energy plays an important role in contributing to the transition toward low-carbon development growth, in enhancing technology diversification and hedging against fuel price volatility, in strengthening economic growth, and in facilitating access to electricity.The global trends...

With less than five years left to achieve the MDGs, this year's report looks at the prospects and challenges for reaching the goals. It also examines the great diversity of performance across indicators, countries, and categories of countriesto determine the necessary policies to fill the...

What has been the impact of yet another food price spike on developing countries' ability to make progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)? How many poor people have been prevented from lifting themselves out of poverty? How many people, and how many children, have seen their...

Authored by an experienced agriculturalist with substantial field experience in developing countries, this book adds to the literature on food security by proposing practical measures for improving plant-based food security in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Covering issues affecting food security,...

The end of the MFA was followed by rising apparel exports, falling prices, and a reallocation of production and employment between countries. There were also significant changes within countries. The first main finding of this report is that export and employment patterns after the MFA/ATC did...

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Table of acronyms -- Introduction -- I Emerging issues -- 1 Current trends in microinsurance -- 1.1 The definition of microinsurance is becoming operational -- 1.2 More low-income households are covered by insurance -- 1.3...