...expenditure) Adjusted net savings (excluding education expenditure) Low income Middle income High income East Asia and Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin...East and North Africa South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa 20.3 26.1 22.7 36.1 24.6 19.2 24.2 18.3 15.3 7.8 14.3 13.5 25.2 11.9 9.6 -1.3 8.3 3.9 4.9 10.8 8.7...

...to finance Cost of finance Figure 2 Percentage of firms reporting finance as a problem High income East Asia and Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin...East and North Africa South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Source: Investment Climate Survey (ICS) responses by enterprises in 76 countries, grouped by region....

...PSR Projects, 1999-2006 Lending Lending instrument classification Region SubSaharan Blend IDA Africa East Asia and Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin...America and the Caribbean Middle East and North Africa All PSR Invest- Adjustprojects ment ment IBRD South Asia 0verall outcome rating Percent S or HS 43...

...and others 2007. Note: The maximum score attainable is 5; the minimum is 1. Regions East Asia and the Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin America and the Caribbean Middle East and North Africa Sub-Saharan Africa South Asia 2.58 2.59 2.57 2.42 2.35 2.30 2.41 2.39 2.38 2.24 2.21 2.06 2.37 2.39...

...Classified according to World Bank analytical grouping The world by region Low- and middle-income economies East Asia and Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin America and the Caribbean Q Middle East and North Africa 0 South Asia Q Sub-Saharan Africa High-income economies —[Federated...

...country average percent of labor force East Asia Europe and Pacific and Central High-Income Latin OECD America and the Caribbean Middle East and North Africa South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Asia Size (labor Labor force growth (%) Employment growth (%) Unemployment (latest year available)...

...of capacity building. [b] Table D-3: PTI lending by region, fiscal 1996 and 1997 East Asia and the Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin America and the Caribbean Middle East and North Africa SubSouth Saharan Africa Lending Asia Total Fiscal 1996 Total PTI lending Millions of dollars 962.1...

...with the total fertility rate of 5.6 being about twice as high as that for any other region. Low- and middleincome countries East Asia and Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin America and the Caribbean Population Characteristic 1990 2001 1990 2001 1990 2001 1990 2001 Size Total population (thousands)...

...cost, the shares above were judged too low. Africa Share of population covered by (Sub-Saharan) fast Asia and Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin America and the Caribbean Middle East and South North Africa Asia At least one survey with data on consumption and/or income Comparable data...