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Namibia : country brief

World Bank

2009

Overview

The World Bank is in the initial stages of developing a new annual series of World Bank Country Briefs. Namibia - the third report in the series - will be published in the winter of 2009. These short, country-specific reports examine the economic, social, environmental, and business landscape of developing countries, focusing on issues critical to development.OverviewPeople and PovertyEnvironmentEconomyGovernance and Business EnvironmentGlobal LinksStatistical Appendix.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank
• Subject: 1990 / ACCESS TO EDUCATION / ACCOUNTING / ADULT LITERACY / ADULT MORTALITY / ADULT POPULATION / ANNUAL INCOME / ARABLE LAND / ARSENIC / AUDITS / BASIC EDUCATION / BASIC NEEDS / BIODIVERSITY / BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION / BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY / CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS / CLIMATE CHANGE / CLIMATIC CONDITIONS / COMMERCIAL BANKS / COMMERCIAL FISHING / CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE / CONTRIBUTION / CREDIT RATING / CURRENT ACCOUNT / DEBT / DEFORESTATION / DEMOCRACY / DEVELOPMENT PLANS / DIET / DISEASES / DISSEMINATION / DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH / DROUGHTS / Economic conditions / ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT / ECONOMIC GROWTH / ECOSYSTEM / ELDERLY / ELECTRICITY GENERATION / EMISSIONS / ENDANGERED SPECIES / ENERGY USE / Entwicklung / ENVIRONMENTAL / ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION / ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT / ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION / ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY / EPIDEMIC / ETHNIC GROUPS / EXCHANGE RATE / EXPENDITURES / FINANCIAL SECTOR / FINANCIAL SYSTEMS / FISCAL POLICIES / FISCAL POSITION / FISH / FISHERIES / FISHING / FISHING GROUNDS / FOOD PRODUCTION / FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS / FOREIGN INVESTMENT / GENDER DISPARITY / GENDER EQUALITY / GOOD GOVERNANCE / GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES / GOVERNMENT SUPPORT / GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT / GROUNDWATER / HAZARDOUS WASTES / HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE / HEALTH RISKS / HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT / History / HIV / HIV INFECTION / HOSPITAL / HOUSEHOLD INCOME / HUMAN DEVELOPMENT / HUMAN RIGHTS / HUMAN WELFARE / IMMIGRANTS / IMMIGRATION / IMMUNIZATION / IMPORTS / INCOME DISTRIBUTION / INDEBTEDNESS / INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT / INDUSTRIALIZATION / INFANT / INFANT MORTALITY / INFANT MORTALITY RATE / INFECTION RATES / INFLATION / INSURANCE / INSURANCE COMPANIES / INTERNATIONAL TRADE / INVESTMENT CLIMATE / JOB CREATION / LABOR COSTS / LABOR FORCE / LABOR MARKET / LABOR PRODUCTIVITY / LAND DEGRADATION / LAND PRODUCTIVITY / LAND TENURE / LAND USE / LEGAL RIGHTS / LEGAL STATUS / LEGISLATION / LEVEL OF EDUCATION / LEVEL OF POVERTY / LEVELS OF EDUCATION / LIFE EXPECTANCY / LIVE BIRTHS / LOCAL COMMUNITIES / MACROECONOMIC STABILITY / MALARIA / MARKET PRICES / MARKETING / MATERNAL MORTALITY / MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO / MATERNITY LEAVE / MATHEMATICS / MEASLES / MEASLES IMMUNIZATION / MEAT / MEDICAL BENEFITS / MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS / MINES / MINISTRY OF HEALTH / MINORITY / MORTALITY RATE / MOTHER / MOTHER-TO-CHILD / MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION / Namibia / NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT / NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN / NATIONAL PRIORITIES / NATURAL RESOURCE / NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT / NATURAL RESOURCES / NUMBER OF PEOPLE / OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE / OFFICIAL LANGUAGE / OFFICIAL LANGUAGES / OIL / OIL EQUIVALENT / ORPHANS / OVERGRAZING / OZONE LAYER / PENSION / PENSION FUNDS / PESTICIDES / POLLUTION / POLLUTION LEVELS / POOR HOUSEHOLDS / POPULATION DENSITY / POPULATION GROWTH / POPULATION STRUCTURE / POVERTY LEVELS / POVERTY LINE / POVERTY REDUCTION / PREGNANT WOMEN / PRENATAL CARE / PRIMARY EDUCATION / PRIMARY HEALTH CARE / PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES / PRIMARY SCHOOL / PRIMARY SCHOOLING / PRIVATE CONSUMPTION / PRIVATE INVESTMENT / PRODUCERS / PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH / PROGRESS / PROPHYLAXIS / PUBLIC HEALTH / PURCHASING POWER / PURCHASING POWER PARITY / QUALITY OF EDUCATION / QUALITY OF LIFE / QUOTAS / REMITTANCES / RESEARCH ASSISTANCE / RESPECT / RESPONSIBILITIES / RULE OF LAW / RURAL AREAS / RURAL POPULATION / SAFETY NET / SANITATION / SANITATION FACILITIES / SEA LEVEL / SECONDARY EDUCATION / SECONDARY SCHOOL / SENIOR / SICK LEAVE / SKILLED WORKERS / Social conditions / SOCIAL COSTS / SOCIAL EQUITY / SOCIAL INEQUALITY / SOCIAL SECURITY / SOCIAL SERVICES / SOCIAL WELFARE / SOIL DEGRADATION / SOIL EROSION / SPECIES / Statistics / STOCK EXCHANGE / STOCKS / SUBSISTENCE FARMING / SUSTAINABLE ACCESS / SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT / SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT / TAX RATE / TAX RATES / TAXATION / TERMS OF TRADE / TERTIARY EDUCATION / TRADE UNIONS / TREATIES / TUBERCULOSIS / UNEMPLOYMENT / UNEMPLOYMENT RATES / UNIVERSITY EDUCATION / UNSKILLED WORKERS / URBAN AREAS / URBAN POPULATION / URBANIZATION / WAGE / WAGES / WAR / WATER POLLUTION / WATER RESOURCES / WETLANDS / YOUNG PEOPLE
• ISBN: 0821378708, 9780821378700