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Front matter and contents

OVERVIEW

• English
• French
• Spanish

List of distributors

PART ONE—NARROWING KNOWLEDGE GAPS

1. The Power and Reach of Knowledge
2. Acquiring Knowledge
3. Absorbing Knowledge
4. Communicating Knowledge

PART TWO—ADDRESSING INFORMATION PROBLEMS

5. Information, Institutions, and Incentives
6. Processing the Economy's Financial Information
7. Increasing Our Knowledge of the Environment
8. Addressing Information Problems That Hurt the Poor

PART THREE—POLICY PRIORITIES

9. What Can International Institutions Do?
10. What Should Governments Do?

Technical Note

Bibliographical Note

Appendix: International Statistics on Knowledge

SELECTED WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
Introduction to Selected World Development Indicators
Tables

• World View
  • Table 1 Size of the economy
  • Table 2 Quality of life
• People
  • Table 3 Population and labor force
  • Table 4 Poverty
  • Table 5 Distribution of income or consumption
  • Table 6 Education
  • Table 7 Health
• Environment
  • Table 8 Land use and agricultural productivity
  • Table 9 Water use, deforestation, and protected areas
  • Table 10 Energy use and emissions
• Economy
  • Table 11 Growth of the economy
  • Table 12 Structure of output
  • Table 13 Structure of demand
  • Table 14 Central government finances
  • Table 15 Balance of payments current account and international reserves
• States and Markets
  • Table 16 Private sector finance
  • Table 17 Role of government in the economy
  • Table 18 Power and transportation
  • Table 19 Communications, information, and science and technology
• Global Links
  • Table 20 Global trade
  • Table 21 Aid and financial flows
  • Table 1a. Key indicators for other economies
• Technical notes
• Data sources
• Classification of economies

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