This work is an at-a-glance guide to the world's most pressing development issues - with maps, tables, and graphs that bring to life key social, economic, and environmental data for 208 countries and territories. These maps highlight the most important development statistics - from population, poverty, aid, trade, and national wealth - to life expectancy, AIDS, child mortality, and school enrolment. Each of the 25 maps includes a short description plus quick facts that help the user understand the significance of the data.