The Little Data

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Patrick Honohan
World Bank Publications, 2003 - 240 pages
Now in its 5th edition, 'The Little Data Book', a pocket-sized ready reference, contains key development data for 208 countries. 'The Little Data Book 2003' provides profiles of each country with 54 development indicators, including: Population and population growth GNI, GDP growth, Exports and Imports, and Gross Capital Formation Deforestation, Water Use, Energy Use and Electricity Use per Capita Life Expectancy, Fertility Rate, Child Malnutrition, Prevalence of HIV, Girls in Primary School Paved Roads, Aircraft Departures, Personal Computers High-technology exports, Foreign Direct Investment, Present Value of Debt, and Aid per Capita. Drawing on data from the 'World Development Indicators 2003', 'The Little Data Book 2003' provides a quick reference to the latest available data for World Bank member countries as well as other economies with populations of over 30,000. Separate tables summarize data for the World, by Region (East Asia and Pacific, Middle East and Africa, etc.), and Income Group. A helpful Glossary of Terms defines each indicator. Please note that data is shown for three years: an earlier benchmark year (1990) and the two latest years available (2000 and 2001). .
 

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Page 7 - Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo...
Page 235 - Fixed assets include land improvements (fences, ditches, drains, and so on); plant, machinery, and equipment purchases; and the construction of roads, railways, and the like, including commercial and industrial buildings, offices, schools, hospitals, and private residential dwellings.
Page 7 - Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St.
Page 234 - The total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children at each age in accordance with prevailing age-specific fertility rates.
Page 234 - ... work in progress." • Exports and imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to, or received from, the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services.
Page 7 - Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo...
Page 234 - Foreign direct investment is net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, re-investment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital, as shown in the balance of payments.
Page 236 - Life expectancy at birth is the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Page 232 - She must be able to give the necessary supervision, care and advice to women during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period, to conduct deliveries on her own responsibility and to care for the newborn and the infant.
Page 235 - Gross domestic product (GDP) at purchaser prices is the sum of the gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources.

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