Social indicators of development, 1996 Book

Providing the social indicators for more than 190 economies, this text includes, estimates of fertility, mortality, illiteracy, access to healthcare, and shares of GDP for selected social expenditures. The indicators describe the characteristics of poverty and the efffectiveness of efforts to reduce poverty. International comparisons are made easier by a summary table that takes a cross-country look at a selected array of indicators. The data are gathered from governments, specialized international agencies and World Bank files.