ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book and its companion volumes.The Little Data Book and The Little Green Data Book,are prepared by a team led by Eric Swanson and comprising Awatif Abuzeid,Mehdi Akhlaghi,Azita Amjadi,Uranbileg Batjargal,David Cieslikowski, Sebastien Dessus,Richard Fix,Masako Hiraga,Kiyomi Horiuchi,Raymond Muhula.M.H.Saeed Ordoubadi,Brian Pascual,Sulekha Patel,Changqing Sun,and K.M.Vijayalakshmi,working closely with other teams in the Develop- ment Economics Vice Presidency's Development Data Group.The CD-ROM development team included Azita Amjadi, Ramgopal Erabelly,Saurabh Gupta,Reza Farivari,and William Prince.The work was carried out under the management of Shaida Badiee. The choice of indicators and text content was shaped through close consultation with and substantial contributions from staff in the world Bank's four thematic networks-Sustainable Development,Human Development,Poverty Reduction and Economic Management,and Financial and Private Sector Development-and staff of the International Finance Corporation and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.Most important,the team received substantial help. guidance,and data from external partners.For individual acknowledgments of contributions to the book's content, please see Credits.For a listing of our key partners,see Partners. Communications Development Incorporated provided overall design direction,editing,and layout,led by Meta de Coquereaumont,Bruce Ross-Larson,and Christopher Trott.Elaine Wilson created the graphics and typeset the book. Amy Ditzel,Laura Peterson Nussbaum,and Zachary Schauf provided copyediting,proofreading,and production assis- tance.Communications Development's London partner,Peter Grundy of Peter Grundy Art Design,provided art direc- tion and design.Staff from External Affairs oversaw printing and dissemination of the book. 2007 World Development Indicators2007 World Development Indicators vii This book and its companion volumes, The Little Data Book and The Little Green Data Book, are prepared by a team led by Eric Swanson and comprising Awatif Abuzeid, Mehdi Akhlaghi, Azita Amjadi, Uranbileg Batjargal, David Cieslikowski, Sebastien Dessus, Richard Fix, Masako Hiraga, Kiyomi Horiuchi, Raymond Muhula, M.H. Saeed Ordoubadi, Brian Pascual, Sulekha Patel, Changqing Sun, and K.M. Vijayalakshmi, working closely with other teams in the Develop￾ment Economics Vice Presidency’s Development Data Group. The CD-ROM development team included Azita Amjadi, Ramgopal Erabelly, Saurabh Gupta, Reza Farivari, and William Prince. The work was carried out under the management of Shaida Badiee. The choice of indicators and text content was shaped through close consultation with and substantial contributions from staff in the world Bank’s four thematic networks—Sustainable Development, Human Development, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, and Financial and Private Sector Development—and staff of the International Finance Corporation and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. Most important, the team received substantial help, guidance, and data from external partners. For individual acknowledgments of contributions to the book’s content, please see Credits. For a listing of our key partners, see Partners. Communications Development Incorporated provided overall design direction, editing, and layout, led by Meta de Coquereaumont, Bruce Ross-Larson, and Christopher Trott. Elaine Wilson created the graphics and typeset the book. Amy Ditzel, Laura Peterson Nussbaum, and Zachary Schauf provided copyediting, proofreading, and production assis￾tance. Communications Development’s London partner, Peter Grundy of Peter Grundy Art & Design, provided art direc￾tion and design. Staff from External Affairs oversaw printing and dissemination of the book. Acknowledgments WDI07 frontmatter.indd 7 3/25/07 12:17:50 PM