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| Regions and Illustrative Sub-Regions | Examples of Development Issues | Sources of Information |
| Africa (SubSaharan) Sahel West Africa Central Africa East Africa South Africa |
Poverty, HIV/AIDS. malaria, TB, maternal and child mortality, education, infrastructure. climate change, water resource management, deforestation, conflict and fragile states, corruption, poor infrastructure, gender inequality | http://www.worldbank.org/afr/ http://www.afdb.org/ http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-saharan_africa/ http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/regional/arabstates/ahdr2009e.pdf http://www.uneca.org/ |
| Asia South Asia South East Asia East Asia Pacific (Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia) |
Natural disasters, climate change, urbanization, urban air pollution, governance, HIV/AIDS (especially SEA), Avian flu, malaria, TB, poverty, corruption, conflict , gender inequality, (particularly SAR) | http://www.adb.org www.worldbank.org/eap http://www.worldbank.org/sar http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia http://www.unescap.org/ http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/regional/ asiathepacific/RHDR-2010-AsiaPacific.pdf http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/regional/asiathepacific/RHDR_Full%20Report_Tackling_Corruption_Transforming_Lives.pdf |
| Europe and Central Asia (former Soviet States and Turkey) Baltics Central Europe Balkans Central Asian Republics Caucasus |
Addressing human impacts of transition from centralized to market economies; aging; social safety nets; updating infrastructure; water resource management; water and air pollution, conflict | http://www.ebrd.com http://europa.eu/ http://www.worldbank.org/eca/ http://www.usaid.gov/locations/europe_eurasia http://www.unece.org http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/regional/ europethecis/name,20692,en.html http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/regional/ europethecis/central_asia_2005_en.pdf |
| Latin America Central America Caribbean South America |
Climate change, natural disasters, conflict, urbanization, crime and violence, education, health, HIV/AIDS (especially Caribbean) infrastructure, gender inequality | http://www.iadb.org/
http://www.paho.org http://www.eclac.cl/default.asp?idioma=IN http://www.oas.org http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/regional/ latinamericathecaribbean/Caribbean_HDR2012.pdf http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/regional/ latinamericathecaribbean/idhalc_en_2010.pdf http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/ COUNTRIES/LACEXT/0,,menuPK:258559~page |
| Middle East and North Africa Magreb (Western N. Africa) Arab Peninsula Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Palestinian Territories |
Water, human security, conflict, fragile states, unemployment (especially youth), gender inequality (labor and political participation) | http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/ COUNTRIES/MENAEXT/0,,menuPK:247606~page PK:146732~piPK:146828~theSitePK:256299,00.html
http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/regional/arabstates/ RBAS_ahdr2005_EN.pdf http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/regional/arabstates/ RBAS_ahdr2004_EN.pdf |
Prepared by Mari Clarke 2012
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