exploring new ways to map development statistics and to
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A World Development Atlas
Exploring new ways to map development statistics
and to bring them to wider audiences
Desmond Spruijt
World Development AtlasIntroduce key aspects of progress in society to a wide audience
Comprehensive picture
Illustrate two global trends
1 Diminishing role of the nation state
2 Steep development differences within a country
How to create a comprehensive, at-a-glance picture of
development that connects with a wide audience?
How to create a comprehensive, at-a-glance picture of
development that connects with a wide audience?
Large differences within a country.
How to create a comprehensive, at-a-glance picture of
development that connects with a wide audience?
Large differences within a country
Our proposal: a new map
People living below poverty line
People living in middle segment of development scale
High development
People around poverty line
World Development AtlasWhat is needed? Editorial team
Expert input and validation• Development knowledge• Statistics• Educators• Writers• Cartography• Design
Publisher team
• Financing• Marketing
World Development Atlas
Thank you,
Desmond Spruijt