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The completebacklist of publicationsfrom the WorldBank is shown in the nnualInda ofu kcation, which containsan alphabethicaltitle list and indexesof subjects,authors, and countriesand regions.The latest editionis availablefree of charge fron the DistributionUnit, Office of the Publisher, The WorldBank, 1818 H Street,N.W., Washington, D.C. 20433,U.S.A, or fomnPublications, The World Bank,66 avenued'Idna, 75116 Paris,Frace ISBN0-80184705-2 ISSN 1012-8026 Contents SymbolsAbbreviations,adWConvendons......................... vi lnuW cdon........................... ;.. .. v Tableof Soci nd Eoomic Condioms.xi County Pages ................................. I 1. TechnicalNotes .................................................... 372 Sourcesand Methods.........................372 DataReliability .......................... 373 Explanationof Terms.........................373 Demographic.Parameters: lawes Years Studied...................377 DataEs ....................................................... 38 SelecRed ances........ "I','"',',,"",',,',,'.,,--........... 387 ClassifctdwnofEconomis............................................. 389 c £asidE>na" ..... V ...... ... Symbols, Abbreviations, and Conventions Data not available,or nonexistent % Perceniage 0,0.0 Zero Orless than half the unit shownand not known more precisely Annualpercent Perentage changebetween adjcent years (not a multiyearaverage) DHS Demographicand HealthSwmvey DPF Diphthe pemssis, and tetanus ESCAP Econonmicand SocialCommission for Asia and Pacific GDP Gross domnesticproduct GNP Gross nationalproduct IMR Infant mortalityrate Kg Kiloam (2.2 pounds) Km Kilometer (0.62 miles) LE Life expectationat birth Mre Most recent estimate Pop. Population PVSR Popidaion and Vial StaristicsReport Sq. km Squarekilometer (0.3861 squaremiles) Thou. Thousands US$ United States dollar t Accordingto Unesco,igitemcy is less than 5 % The cutoff date for all data is March 1993. vi Introduction The 1993edition of SocialndicatorsofDevelopment(SID) the informationrefers to the Federal Republicof Germany has been reformattedto addressthe mostpressing issue now (withappropiate footnotes).Country pages are also shown facing the Bank and its membercountries: how to reduce for the fonner Czcchoslovakiaand aie fonner SocialistFed- poverty.Priority Poverty Indicators (PPIs), identified in Ihe eral Republicof Yugoslaviabecause disaggregated data are Bank's Poverty ReduczionHandbook (Box 1.6), are pre- not yet available.Country pages for some economiesarm sentedon the firsipageofeachcountry table; otherindicators omittedbecause too few data are available. coveringhuman resources,natural resources, expenditures Eighty-threeindicators are reported for each country, and investmentin humancapital are presentedon thesecond dependingon data availabiliqy.The range of indicatorsde- page. PPIs are used for monitoringlevels and trends in scnbethe characteristicsof povertyand the effectivenessof poverty, and along with related socia conditionsin SID, interactingeconomic and socialfactors in achievingsustain- provide a frameworkfor assessing human welfare in low- ablepovertyreduction.Besidesprovidinginformation on the and middle-incomecountries. proportionof populationliving below establishedpoverty SID is issuedannually, in disketteas well as book form. lines, SID includesavailable estimates on incomedistribu- In the book, observationsare presentedfor three periods, tion, access to basic servicessuch as health, educationand 25-30years ago (1965),15-20 years ago (1975),and themost safe water,aswell as sharesof outputdedicatedto key social recent estimate(1985-1991). The diskettescontain dme se- and infrastructureexpenditures. While keepingthe focus on ies, 1965-1991,allhoughmany indicators are availableonly a countryreview, interational comparisonsare madeeasier for scatterd dates. The disketteversion includes footnotes by a table on social and economicconditions that takes a for infantmortality and lifeexpectancy. The disktes, which