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From The World Bank Group
World Development Indicators 1997

Contents

Foreword
Copyright
Acknowledgments
Preface
Acronyms and abbreviations
Partners
Users guide
Statistical methods
Primary data documentation

World view
People
Environment
Economy
States and markets
Global links
Boxes
Figures
Text tables

Credits
Bibliography
Index of indicators
Readers survey


World view

Introduction
1.1
The quality of life
1.2
Gender dimensions of development
1.3
Structural transformation

 

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People

Introduction
2.1
Population
2.2
Population dynamics
2.3
Labor force structure
2.4
Employment
2.5
Poverty
2.6
Distribution of income or consumption
2.7
Education policy and infrastructure
2.8
Access to education
2.9
Educational attainment
2.10
Gender and education
2.11
Health spending and personnel
2.12
Access to health services
2.13
Risk factors in health
2.14
Mortality

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Environment

Introduction
3.1
Land use and deforestation
3.2
Biodiversity and protected areas
3.3
Freshwater
3.4
Energy production and use
3.5
Energy efficiency, dependency, and emissions
3.6
Urbanization
3.7
Traffic and congestion
3.8
Air pollution
3.9
Government commitment

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Economy

Introduction
4.1
Growth of output
4.2
Structure of output
4.3
Agricultural production
4.4

Food crops

4.5

Key agricultural inputs

4.6
Structure of manufacturing
4.7
Growth of merchandise trade
4.8
Structure of merchandise exports
4.9
Structure of merchandise imports
4.10
Structure of service exports
4.11

Structure of service imports

4.12
Structure of demand
4.13
Growth of consumption and investment
4.14
Structure of consumption in PPP terms
4.15

Macroeconomic indicators

4.16
Central government finances
4.17
Central government revenues
4.18
Central government expenditures
4.19
Monetary indicators
4.20
Inflation
4.21
Balance of payments current account
4.22
Balance of payments capital and financial account
4.23
External debt
4.24
External debt management

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States and markets

Introduction
5.1

Credit, investment, and expenditure

5.2
Private capital flows
5.3
Stock markets
5.4
State-owned enterprises
5.5
Relative prices and exchange rates
5.6
Trade policies
5.7
Export competitiveness
5.8
Tax policies
5.9
Portfolio investment regulation and risk
5.10
Financial depth and efficiency
5.11
Power and communications
5.12
Transport infrastructure
5.13
Science and technology
5.14
The information age

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Global links

Introduction
6.1

Integration with the global economy

6.2
Direction of OECD trade
6.3
OECD trade with low- and middle-income economies
6.4
Uruguay Round tariff reductions
6.5
Commodity prices
6.6
Net financial flows from Development Assistance Committee countries
6.7
Aid flows from Development Assistance Committee countries
6.8
Financial terms of official development assistance commitments
6.9
Distribution of net aid by Development Assistance Committee countries
6.10
Aid dependency
6.11
Net concessional flows from multilateral institutions
6.12
Net resource flows from international financial institutions
6.13
Foreign labor and population in OECD countries

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Boxes

1a
Targeting development
4a
The pitfalls of measuring national income
5a
Private capital flows prove resilient

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Figures

2a
Regional population shares, 1980 and 2030
2.2a
Composition of population by age and sex in low- and high-income economies, 1995 and 2025
2.2b
Population growth in low- and middle-income economies, 1990–2035
2.2c
Population growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–2035
2.2d
Population growth in Asia, 1990–2035
2.2e
Population growth in the Middle East and North Africa, 1990–2035
2.2f
Population growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1990–2035
2.2g
Population growth in Europe and Central Asia, 1990–2035
2.14a
Infant mortality, by region, 1970, 1980, and 1995
3a
Global water use, by sector, 1900–2000
3b
Energy use, by income group, 1994
3.1a
Land use in low-income economies, 1980 and 1994
3.1b
Land use in middle-income economies, 1980 and 1994
3.1c
Land use in high-income economies, 1980 and 1994
3.2a
Protected areas, globally and by income group, 1994
3.5a
Carbon dioxide emissions per capita, by income group, 1980 and 1992
3.5b
Carbon dioxide emissions, by income group, 1992
3.6a
Urban population, by region, 1970–95
3.6b
Urban population, by income group, 1980–95
3.7a
Motor vehicle registration, 1930–90
3.7b
Motor vehicle production, 1950–90
3.9a
Global atmospheric concentration of chlorofluorocarbons, 1978–94
4.3a
Food production, by region, 1980 and 1995
4.6a
Five largest developing manufacturing economies, 1994
4.6b
Shares of manufactured goods produced, by income group, 1994
4.7a
Net barter terms of trade, 1980–93
4.8a
Merchandise exports from developing economies, 1980–94
4.9a
Merchandise imports of developing economies, 1980–95
4.10a
World trade in goods and services, 1980–95
4.11a
Services as a share of total trade, 1980–95
4.12a
Structure of demand, 1995
4.13a
Private consumption per capita, 1980–95
4.14a
Expenditure on services in nominal and PPP terms as a share of total expenditure in selected economies
4.14b
Expenditure on food in nominal and PPP terms as a share of total expenditure in selected economies
4.20a
Range of annual inflation rates, by region, 1980–90
4.20b
Range of annual inflation rates, by region, 1990–95
4.20c
Average annual rates of inflation, by region, 1980–95
5a
GNP per capita and stock market capitalization in emerging markets, 1995
5b
Implementing the private sector development agenda
5.2a
Net private capital flows to developing economies, by region, 1980–95
5.9a
Country rating of top 10 developing economy recipients of private capital flows, 1996
5.11a
GNP per capita and telephone density in developing economies, 1995
5.13a
High-technology exports from the top 10 high-technology exporters among developing economies, 1995
5.14a
The 10 developing economies with the most TV sets per capita, 1995
514b
The 10 developing economies with the most personal computers per capita, 1995
6.3a
Manufactures in high-income OECD country imports from low- and middle-income economies, 1970–95
6.5a
Weighted index of primary commodity prices for low- and middle-income economies, 1970–95
6.7a
Net ODA from DAC countries as a share of GNP, 1994
6.7b
Net ODA from DAC countries, 1994
6.8a
Share of grants in net bilateral ODA from DAC countries, 1960–95
6.9a
Distribution of net bilateral ODA and official aid from the five largest donors, 1994
6.12a
Net IBRD and IDA lending, 1970–95
6.13a
Stocks of foreign population by nationality in selected OECD countries

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Text tables

2a
Population living on less than $1 a day in developing economies, 1987 and 1993
2b
Estimated illiterate population aged 15 and above, 1980 and 1995
2.3a
Unemployment and underemployment in three countries
2.5a
Poverty gap in various regions, 1987 and 1993
2.6a
Income shares of lowest and highest quintiles, 1960s–1990s
2.7a
Public education spending per pupil, by level of schooling, 1985 and 1992
2.8a
Social and private rates of return to investment in education, by level of schooling
2.13a
Cost-effectiveness of public health interventions and essential clinical services in low-income economies, 1990
2.13b
Prevalence of child malnutrition, 1985, 1990, and 1995
3.2a
Countries with largest shares of protected areas
3.6a
Urban agglomerations with populations of 10 million or more, 2015
3.9a
Status of national environmental action plans
4a
Average annual growth of world trade and GDP, 1950–95
4b
The emerging giants of the developing world, 1995
4.14a
Structure of consumption in PPP terms, by income group, 1993
4.14b
Structure of consumption in nominal local currency terms, by income group, 1993
5.6a
OECD imports covered by nontariff barriers before and after the Uruguay Round
5.7a
Average annual growth of exports and export growth factors, 1983–94
5.7b
Correlation of export growth factors with export growth, 1983–94
6a
Global environment for developing economies, 1974–2006

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