The Róbinson Rojas Archive.- From the World Bank:The World Development Indicators, 2000.- RRojas Databank: Analysis and Information on economics, development, research methods, globalization, poverty, sustainability, environment, human rights, China, Chile, Asia, Africa, Latin America, America Latina. Puro Chile. The Memory of the people

The World Development Indicators (WDI), 2000, is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. WDI 2000 includes 800 indicators in 85 tables, organized in six sections: world view, people, environment, economy, states and markets, and global links. The tables cover 148 economies and 14 country groups - with basic indicators for a further 58 economies.
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Preface
Partners
Users Guide
Statistical Methods
Primary Data Documentation
Acronyms & Abbreviations
Bibliography

Worldview

A sixth of the world’s people produce 78 percent goods and services and receive 78 percent of world income—an average of $70 a day. Three-fifths of the world’s people in the poorest 63 countries receive 6 percent of the world’s income—less than $2 a day. But their poverty goes beyond income. While 7 of every 1,000 children die before age five in high-income countries, more than 90 die in low-income countries. How do we bridge these huge and grow-ing income gaps, matched by similar gaps in social living standards? Can the nations of the world work together to reduce the numbers in extreme poverty? This is the fundamental challenge of the 21st century.

Introduction
1.1 Size of the economy
1.2 Development progress
1.3 Gender differences
1.4 Trends in long-term economic development
1.5 Long-term structural change
1.6 Key indicators for other economies

People.- The next billion people: who? where?
No social phenomenon has attracted more attention in the past half century than the “population explosion”—that surge from about 2.5 billion people in 1950 to more than 6 billion in 1999, making the 20th century one of unprecedented population growth. As the number of people grew, the interval for adding another billion people became shorter and shorter, with the increase from 5 billion to 6 billion occurring in only 12 years. According to recent projections, 1 the 7 billion mark will be exceeded in 2014—the first time since reaching one billion that adding the next billion people is expected to take longer than for the previous billion.
Introduction
2.1 Population
2.2 Population dynamics
2.3 Labor force structure
2.4 Employment by economic activity
2.5 Unemployment
2.6 Wages and productivity
2.7 Poverty
2.8 Distribution of income or consumption
2.9 Education inputs
2.10 Participation in education
2.11 Education outcomes
2.12 Gender and education
2.13 Health expenditure, services, and use
2.14 Access to health services
2.15 Reproductive health
2.16 Health: risk factors and future challenges
2.17 Confronting AIDS
2.18 Mortality

Environment.- More people are using more natural resources than ever, and demand will only increase. Food supply needs to double in the next 35 years to satisfy the growth of populations and economies. This will happen, to a large extent, at the expense of forests, wetlands, and biodiversity. More than a fifth of the world’s tropical forests have been cleared since 1960, and at least 484 animal species and 654 plant species have become extinct since 1600 (Watson and others 1998).
Introduction
3.1 Land use and deforestation
3.2 Agricultural inputs
3.3 Agricultural output and productivity
3.4 Biodiversity and protected areas
3.5 Freshwater
3.6 Water pollution
3.7 Energy production and use
3.8 Energy efficiency and emissions
3.9 Sources of electricity
3.10 Urbanization
3.11 Urban environment
3.12 Traffic and congestion
3.13 Air pollution
3.14 Government Commitment
3.15 Toward a measure of genuine savings

Economy .- Economic growth alone will not eliminate poverty in the world. But if it is equitable growth that reaches the poor, it can create the opportunities and resources to reduce poverty. Similarly, development assistance, no matter how well intended, cannot guarantee that economies will grow. To be effective, it must be used wisely.
Introduction
4.1 Growth of output
4.2 Structure of output
4.3 Structure of manufacturing
4.4 Growth of merchandise
4.5 Structure of merchandise exports
4.6 Structure of merchandise imports
4.7 Structure of service exports
4.8 Structure of service imports
4.9 Structure of demand
4.10 Growth of consumption and investment
4.11 Structure of consumption in PPP terms
4.12 Relative prices in PPP terms
4.13 Central government finances
4.14 Central government expenditures
4.15 Central government revenues
4.16 Monetary indicators and prices
4.17 Balance of payments current account
4.18 External Debt
4.19 External Debt management

States and markets.- Poor countries—and poor people—suffer not only because they have less capital than rich countries. They also suffer because they have less scientific and technical knowledge. Without skills and information, it is difficult to combat disease, raise crop yields, improve general welfare, and get credit at fair interest rates. If countries don’t narrow this “knowledge gap,” they could wind up stuck with lower living standards.
Introduction
5.1 Credit, investment, and expenditure
5.2 Stock markets
5.3 Portfolio investment regulation and risk
5.4 Financial depth and efficiency
5.5 Tax policies
5.6 Relative prices and exchange rates
5.7 Defense expenditures and trade in arms
5.8 State-owned enterprises
5.9 Transport infrastructure
5.10 Power and communications
5.11 The information age
5.12 Science and technology

Global links.- Trade, investment, foreign aid, migration, and tourism are all evidence of the many ties between nations that have come to be termed “globalization.” This section documents the flow of goods, resources, and people through the global economy. But the forces of globalization appear throughout the book: population growth and changing patterns of employment, the pressure that economic and demographic change has placed on the world’s resources, the expansion of service industries and the growing trade in services, and the growth of telecommunications and the spread of new technologies.
Introduction
6.1 Integration with the global economy
6.2 Direction and growth of merchandise trade
6.3 OECD trade with low- and middle-income economies
6.4 Primary commodity prices
6.5 Regional trade blocs
6.6 Regional trade blocs
6.7 Global financial flows
6.8 Net financial flows from Development Assistance Committee members
6.9 Aid flows from Development Assistance Committee members
6.10 Aid dependency
6.11 Distribution of net aid by Development Assistance Committee members
6.12 Net financial flows from multilateral institutions
6.13 Foreign labor and population in OECD countries
6.14 Travel and tourism