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Social indicators of development 1986 (English)

The ultimate goal of development is to improve the human condition, especially for the least privileged members of society. To this end, the World Bank, working with national governments, seeks to raise general living standards and eradicate mass poverty. As a means of assessing progress towards this goal, the Bank compiles a variety of social indicators incorporating data from the countries themselves in accordance with national definitions, or from specialized international agencies which deal with food, education, health care, etc. This paper includes the following headings: . using social indicators of development; datasources; definitions of social indicators; country reference groups; and Social Indicator Data Sheets (SIDS).

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  • Author

    World Bank

  • Document Date

    1986/10/01

  • Document Type

    Publication

  • Report Number

    40983

  • Volume No

    1

  • Total Volume(s)

    1

  • Country

    World,

  • Region

    The World Region,

  • Disclosure Date

    2015/11/19

  • Disclosure Status

    Disclosed

  • Doc Name

    Social indicators of development 1986

  • Keywords

    absolute poverty;Population Growth;employment data;gnp per capita;population growth rate;education data;crude death rate;age structure;hospital bed;access to safe water;child death rate;food production;Population Density;land area;health and nutrition;married woman;newspaper circulation;agricultural land;Population Projection;education enrollment;average number of child;population per hospital bed;life expectancy at birth;consumption;participation rate;data availability;total labor force;number of teachers;infant mortality rate;number of infants;measure of poverty;population per nurse;primary school age;primary school-age child;working age population;Agriculture;social change;Energy;Housing;social indicator;

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Social indicators of development 1986 (English). Social indicators of development Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/922871468323969813/Social-indicators-of-development-1986

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