Atlas of Global Development

Published in association with Collins, the Atlas of Global Development vividly illustrates the key development challenges facing our world today. Social, economic, and environmental issues that are facing the planet are presented by easy-to read, colorful world maps, tables, graphs, text and photographs. Drawing on data from the World Bank's authoritative World Development Indicators, the book brings to life country comparisons of social indicators like life expectancy, infant mortality, safe water, population, growth, poverty and energy efficiency. Issues that have been hitting the headlines such as AIDS, population living below $1 a day, freshwater, trade are presented giving an unbiased view of the state of the world we live in. This title builds on and replaces the existing World Bank Atlas which has been published by the World Bank for almost four decades.World Bank is the author of 'Atlas of Global Development ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780821368565 and ISBN 0821368567.