The little data book on gender 2011 is a quick reference for users interested in gender statistics. It presents gender-disaggregated data for more than 200 countries in a straightforward, country-by-country...
The little data book 2009 is a pocket edition of World Development Indicators (WDI) 2009. It is intended as a quick reference for users of the WDI 2009 book and CD-ROM and WDI online, and electronic subscription...
World Development Indicators (WDI) 2009 arrives at a moment of great uncertainty for the global economy. The crisis that began more than a year ago in the U.S. housing market spread to the global financial...
《2009年世界发展数据手册》是《2009年世界发展指标》的袖珍版。它旨在为《2009年世界发展指标》印刷版、《2009年世界发展指标》CD-ROM和《世界发展指标》的在线版——我们的电子数据库——的使用者提供一个快捷的参照。《2009年世界发展数据手册》的国别篇共209页,提供了人口在3万以上的世界银行成员国及其他经济体最新可获得的数据。综述部分14页,涵盖了按地区和收入组别划分的合计数。
《2009年世界发展指标》是在全球经济处于极大不确定性的关头编纂而成的。报告“世界概览”部分对之前的住房泡沫和其他资产泡沫、导致这些泡沫的全球宏观经济失衡,以及金融创新的作用作了回顾。“经济”部分考察了发展中经济体危机之前创纪录的增长。“环境”部分则评述了发展中国家对全球环境日益增加的影响。“全球联系”讨论了危机是如何通过贸易、金融、移民和侨汇等全球一体化的渠道在全球传播的。“政府与市场”提醒我们,随着信息与通信技术对我们工作方式的改变,其也应成为解救目前危机的手段之一。“人口”部分包含了大多数衡量千年发展目标实施进展情况的统计数据。
Indian fertility has declined by at least 25 percent in the last twenty years. The current total fertility rate is 4.8%, which is lower than that in any other country at the same or a lower level of socioeconomic...
Indian fertility has declined by at least 25 percent in the last 20 years. India's current fertility level is lower than that in any other country at the same or lower level of socio-economic development...
This report is about the determinants of fertility decline in Sri Lanka in the post-1960 period. The paper concludes that a combination of historical circumstances and congeries ofsocial, economic, and...
This paper uses data from the World Bank and UNFPA sponsored survey on the Determinants of Fertility Decline in Sri Lanka. The multivariate analysis shows that the traditionally strong influences on fertility...