This pocket-sized reference on key development data for over 200 countries provides profiles of each country with 54 development indicators about people, environment, economy, technology and infrastructure, trade, and finance

Despite the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region's impressive economic growth, over 1 billion of its people still lack access to electricity and modern cooking solutions. To achieve universal access to modern energy by 2030, this book exhorts EAP countries to advance simultaneously on two paths:...

The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2011' is one of a series of pocket-sized books intended to provide a quick reference to development data on different topics. It provides data for more than 20 key indicators on business environment and private sector development in a single...

Africa Development Indicators 2011 is the most detailed collection of data on Africa. It contains macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators for 53 countries. A companion CD-ROM has additional data, with some 1,700 indicators covering 1961-2009.-Basic indicators-National and fiscal...

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Key Messages -- Overview -- Africa's Infrastructure: A Key to Development but Potentially Vulnerable to Climate Change -- Risk of Inaction -- Adaptation to Climate Change under Uncertainty --...

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Data notes -- Regional tables -- World -- East Asia and Pacific -- Europe and Central Asia -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Middle East and North Africa -- South Asia -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Income group tables -- Low income -- Middle...

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- User Guide to Tables -- User Guide to IDS Online Tables -- How to Access IDS Online Country Tables -- Indicators -- How to Use the DataBank -- PART I: Overview -- Introduction -- DEBTOR REPORTING SYSTEM -- Trends in Debt Stocks and...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Partners -- User guide -- 1. World view -- Introduction -- Sustainable Development Goals NEW! -- SDG 1 No poverty -- SDG 2 Zero hunger -- SDG 3 Good health and well-being -- SDG 4 Quality education -- SDG 5 Gender...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Data notes -- Regional tables -- World -- East Asia and Pacific -- Europe and Central Asia -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Middle East and North Africa -- North America -- South Asia -- Sub-Saharan Africa --...