Regional Highlights : World Development Indicators 2012

Regional Highlights : World Development Indicators 2012

These regional highlights present some of the key trends in developing countries, drawn from the data presented in World Development Indicators 2012, the World Bank's annual compilation of relevant, high-quality, and internationally comparable...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE AIR POLLUTION ALTERNATIVE ENERGY BANK BRANCHES BARRIER BASIC SANITATION CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL FORMATION CAPITAL INFLOWS CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON EMISSIONS CARIBBEAN REGION CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL UNREST CLEAN WATER COMMERCIAL BANK COMMERCIAL BANK BRANCHES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES CONTRACEPTIVE USE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN DEBT DEBT CAPITAL DEBT FORGIVENESS DEBT RELIEF DEBT SERVICE DEBT STOCK DEBT STOCKS DEPOSIT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPING ECONOMY DEVELOPING REGION DEVELOPING REGIONS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISBURSEMENT DISBURSEMENTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC RENTS ECONOMIC SHOCKS ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE EQUITY FLOWS EXPORTER EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNAL DEBT EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE EXTREMELY POOR PEOPLE FEMALE LIFE EXPECTANCY FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FEWER PEOPLE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SERVICES FISCAL POLICY FOOD PRODUCTION FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS FOREIGN INVESTORS FOSSIL FUELS GDP GENDER GAPS GLOBAL ECONOMY GREENHOUSE GAS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL INCOME HEALTH CARE HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES ILLNESS IMMUNIZATION INCOME GROUPS INCOMES INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INSURANCE LABOR FORCE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LOAN LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS LOW-INCOME ECONOMIES MALNUTRITION MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MEASLES MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMIES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MOBILE PHONES MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINES NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEONATAL MORTALITY NET CAPITAL NET DEBT NUCLEAR ENERGY NUMBER OF PEOPLE OIL BOOM OIL EQUIVALENT OUTPUT PERISHABLE GOODS POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY POOR CHILDREN POOR INFRASTRUCTURE POOR NUTRITION POOR PEOPLE POPULOUS COUNTRY PORTFOLIO POSTNATAL CARE POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PRIVATE CREDITORS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PROGRESS PUBLIC SERVICES PURCHASING POWER REFUGEES REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH REGIONAL SHARE RESERVE RESERVE BANK RESERVES RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION SAFETY NETS SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SAVINGS SHARE OF WORLD TRADE SOCIAL PROTECTION SPECIES STOCKS TOTAL DEBT UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN GROWTH RATE URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION USE PER CAPITA VIRGIN WATER RESOURCES WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORLD TRADE YOUNG CHILDREN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/824731468321849160/World-development-indicators-2012-regional-highlights http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26836

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Summary:	These regional highlights present some of the key trends in developing countries, drawn from the data presented in World Development Indicators 2012, the World Bank's annual compilation of relevant, high-quality, and internationally comparable statistics about development and the quality of people's lives. Charts and short narratives highlight the state and progress of various development topics such as poverty, health, education, the environment, the economy, governance, investment, aid, trade, and capital flows. A global review of progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) is presented in the introduction to the world view section of World Development Indicators 2012. The high income economies are the largest emitters of carbon dioxide, but East Asia and the Pacific produces the largest share of global carbon dioxide emissions among developing regions-more than a quarter of total global emissions. As the global economy becomes more integrated, air transport is increasingly important for delivering not only perishable goods such as flowers, but also highly specialized component parts used in transnational production networks. Agriculture is a declining industry in Europe and Central Asia. The share of agriculture in regional Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell from 19 percent to 7 percent over the last two decades. People in the developing economies of Europe and Central Asia have greater access to commercial bank branches and automated teller machines than people in other developing regions-about 18 commercial bank branches and 45 ATMs per 100,000 adults. Governments and citizens in Latin America and Caribbean spend more on health care as a share of GDP than other developing regions, which is reflected in generally good health outcomes. Poverty is falling in the Latin America and Caribbean, most notably in Brazil-the most populous country in the region. South Asia has the second lowest business start-up costs among developing regions.