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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#993300"><b>Online
Atlas of Millennium Development Goals</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#333399"><b>The new
World Bank</b></font> <a
href="http://devdata.worldbank.org/atlas-mdg"><font face="Arial"
size="-1" color="#333399"><b>Online Atlas of the
MDGs</b></font></a><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#333399"><b> is
a visualization of the Millennium Development
Goals:</b></font></blockquote>
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src="http://uk.f269.mail.yahoo.com/ym/PicExportError" alt="*"
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> <span
></span> </font><font
face="Arial" size="-1" color="#333399"> - Explore maps of key
indicators for each of the eight MDG goals. It is designed to make a
wide range of data for over 200 economies easily
accessible</font></blockquote>
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src="http://uk.f269.mail.yahoo.com/ym/PicExportError" alt="*"
width="7" height="7"><font face="Times New Roman" size="-2"
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> <span
></span> </font><font
face="Arial" size="-1" color="#333399"> - Resize countries to reflect
comparative values.</font></blockquote>
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src="http://uk.f269.mail.yahoo.com/ym/PicExportError" alt="*"
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> <span
></span> </font><font
face="Arial" size="-1" color="#333399"> - Zoom in on countries and
pull up quick tables of supporting indicators<br>
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Available in French and Spanish</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#333399">Website:</font> <a
href="http://devdata.worldbank.org/atlas-mdg/"><font face="Arial"
size="-1"
color="#333399">http://devdata.worldbank.org/atlas-mdg/</font></a></blockquote
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<div>This, for me anyway, is a remarkable piece of work. Such
visualizations are able to bring home realities that otherwise would
be lost. Let me point at another, related achievement.</div>
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<div><x-tab> </x-tab><a
href="http://www.gapminder.org/">http://www.gapminder.org/</a></div>
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<div>Hans Rosling and his team have been revolutionary as they make
data accessible. Try either of the presentations there, also his
own talks.</div>
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<div>(I believe it may have been a post to this list that, some time
back, alerted me - if so, this is just a periodic update.)</div>
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<div>David</div>
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