Social Indicators of Development, 1996 - Softcover

World Bank

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801852749 ISBN 13: 9780801852749

Publisher: John Hopkins University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Providing the social indicators for more than 190 economies, this text includes, estimates of fertility, mortality, illiteracy, access to healthcare, and shares of GDP for selected social expenditures. The indicators describe the characteristics of poverty and the efffectiveness of efforts to reduce poverty. International comparisons are made easier by a summary table that takes a cross-country look at a selected array of indicators. The data are gathered from governments, specialized international agencies and World Bank files.

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Review

"Presents a wide range of social indicators for virtually all the countries of the world... A remarkable contribution to the science of socioeconomic development." -- Singapore Economic Review

"The World Bank has selected from its vast data bank information on human welfare conditions in more than 170 countries. Key social information on countries is summarized in lead-off tables, thereby facilitating comparisons on social conditions. Certainly, a valuable quick reference source." -- World Affairs Council Booknotes

Book Description

Social indicators for more than 190 economies, including the most recent available estimates of fertility, mortality, illiteracy, access to health care, and shares of GDP for selected social expenditures.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801852749
• ISBN 13: 9780801852749
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 412