Latin America has 31% of the world's fresh water, the largest of any region.
The West reported the highest jobless rate of any region, 10.1percentt.
Remittances to the region grew by only 2% in 2008, the worst of any region.
Ingushetia's unemployment rate is 51 percent, the highest of any region in Russia.
South Asia has the most very poor people of any region in the world.
While Africa has the highest incidence of fistula of any region, it also frequently occurs in Asia.
By 1999, it had the lowest level of incidents of any region on the globe, except North America.
By contrast, the east and south-east had the lowest rates of any region, at 6.3% and 6.2% respectively.
Even more important, domestic demand has rebounded, thanks to the biggest fiscal stimulus of any region of the world.
The South has the lowest percentage of children in private school of any region, Mr. Orfield said.
A median average of 61% of Latin Americans said they were very concerned about climate change, the highest share of any region.
