The World Bank uses the Gini coefficient to help visualise levels of inequality of income or wealth. Worldwide, Gini coefficients for income range from approximately 0.23 (Sweden) to 0.70 (Namibia).
According to UNESCO, 793m adults – most of them girls and women - are illiterate. A further 67m children of primary school age are not in primary school and 72m adolescents of lower secondary school age are also missing out their right to an education.
State of the World 2011examined the global food crisis, focusing on such developments as the latest agro-ecological innovations and their global applicability. ...read more
