CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
SPECIAL SECTION
PART II DATA TABLES

The World Resources 2005

WORLD RESOURCES REPORT
Gregory Mock, Editor-in-Chief
Peter Whitten, Managing Editor
Emily Cooper, Research Assistant
Carolina de Rosas, Review Coordinator
Dennis Gadel, Intern

Daniel Tunstall, Director, Global Information Program
Norbert Henninger, Deputy Director, Global Information Program
Antonio LaViña, Senior Fellow
Hyacinth Billings, Publications Director
Lori Han, Production Advisor

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Amy Cassara, Senior Associate
Daniel Prager, Research Analyst
Janet Nackoney, GIS Lab Manager
Robert Soden, Research Assistant
Rajiv Sharma, Intern
Brianna Peterson, Intern

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Emily Cooper
Polly Ghazi
Karen Holmes
Karin Krchnak
Yumiko Kura
Antonio LaViña
Daniel Prager
Paul Steele
Wendy Vanasselt
John Virdin
WORLD RESOURCES 2005 EDITORIAL BOARD
Robert SanGeorge
David Jhirad
Allen Hammond
Philip Angell

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Robert SanGeorge
David Jhirad
Allen Hammond
Philip Angell

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   Charles McNeill
United Nations Environment Programme
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World Bank
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World Resources Institute
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Jon Anderson, United States Agency for International Development
Anna Ballance, United Kingdom Department for International Development
Jill Blockhus, World Bank
Jan Bojö, World Bank
Owen Cylke, World Wildlife Fund
Peter Hazelwood, United Nations Development Programme
Timothy Kasten, United Nations Environment Programme
Ashok Khosla, Development Alternatives
Onesmus Mugyenyi, Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment
Urvashi Narain, Resources for the Future
Frances Seymour, World Resources Institute
Priya Shyamsundar, World Bank
David Smith, United Nations Environment Programme
Paul Steele, United Kingdom Department for International Development

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World Resources 2005: The Wealth of the Poor—Managing Ecosystems to Fight Poverty

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