Joann P. DiGennaro

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Joann P. DiGennaro

• President
• Center for Excellence in Education

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GDP Rankings

• GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is the market value
  of all final goods and services from a nation in
  a given year.

• CIA World Factbook 2009

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Country Profiles
World Bank Development Indicators
Source UNESCO Institute for Statistics,
Reference Year 2006
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Science and Technology Profiles
Source UNESCO Institute for Statistics,
Reference Year 2006
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United States
India
China
Source UNESCO Institute for Statistics,
Reference Year 2006
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• The United States has held onto its
• manufacturing lead particularly in such key
  sectors as pharmaceuticals and aerospace, in
• which it produces almost 25 percent of the
  worlds output, according to the World Bank.
  China produces roughly two-thirds that amount.
• China and other countries such as India and
  Brazil are growing faster than the United States,
  but then again, we were wealthier to begin with.
• Russia, which spans 11 time zones and has vast
  natural resources, had an economy that was on a
  par with that of Texas last year. Even India, a
  bright spot on the global stage for almost a
  decade now, still has a GDP thats less than half
  of Californias.