Atlas of Global Development : A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest Challenges

doi:10.1596/978-0-8213-6856-5

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Atlas of Global Development : A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest Challenges

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2012-05-29T20:49:27Z
dc.date.available	2012-05-29T20:49:27Z
dc.date.issued	2007
dc.description.abstract	Development is a multidimensional process characterized by economic growth, investment and technological progress, transformation of natural resources, demographic change, advances in health and education, and evolution of social and political institutions. The results of development should be measurable by increases in output, improvements in the welfare of people, greater efficiency in the use of scarce resources, and a balance between human needs and the capacity of the environment to provide for those needs. Because development is a complex process, it cannot be measured by a single yardstick. Simply measuring the size of an economy or its rate of growth tells us little about who benefited from growth, whether they are better educated and healthier, or if the air, water, and land around them have been degraded. Furthermore, there is no simple or unique path to development. This book seeks to provide a comprehensive picture of the world's development at the beginning of the 21st century.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/14641586/atlas-global-development-visual-guide-worlds-greatest-challenges
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-0-8213-6856-5
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-8213-6856-5
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6613
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Glasgow : Collins and the World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.title	Atlas of Global Development : A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest Challenges	en
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okr.date.disclosure	2011-07-25
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okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Publication
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/14641586/atlas-global-development-visual-guide-worlds-greatest-challenges
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-0-8213-6856-5
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	000386194_20110725051630
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	14641586
okr.identifier.report	63413
okr.language.supported	en
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okr.unit	Development Data Group (DECDG)
okr.volume	1 of 1