Development & Growth, International & World Politics, Social Services & Welfare 

The Progress of Nations describes what becomes possible when nations invest in children's well being and protect their rights. Children are now less likely to be left mentally impaired because of iodine deficiency; more children are enrolled in school now than 10 years ago; polio is on the verge of eradication. But the publication recounts also the great distances the world must still travel because of poverty, debt, wars, inadequate commitment or unequal social development. In this 2000 edition HIV/AIDS is one of the central topics. It emphasizes that in many developing countries, silence and lack of proper information, continues to hamper efforts to check the fast and deadly spread of AIDS. 2.5 million children's lives are saved each year thanks to immunization, but there are still 30 million infants not protected by routine vaccination in developing countries. The Progress of Nations clearly outlines through statistical profiles what countries have been able to achieve of the year 2000 goals agreed upon by almost all nations at the 1990 World Summit for Children. It portrays, in sharp detail, the development challenges the world faces at the start of the 21st century. Over the past eight years, The Progress of Nations has recorded the world's progress towards giving all children the chance to live a decent life using as benchmarks the goals set at the 1990 World Summit for Children and the rights enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. - from Amzon