Synopsis
The World Guide, published biennially since 1979, has established itself as an essential reference to understanding global issues, and as a unique and definitive guide to the 235 countries of the world, offering a wealth of information not available elsewhere. This is a book that no library, business, school or home can be without. This Millennium edition opens with an 85 page section which assesses the major development themes of the century, and covers such topics Aid, Debt, Communications, Health, Global Warming, Indigenous People, Education and Biodiversity. The country section not only provides basic and fully updated historical, political, economic and statistical information, but uniquely focuses on each countrys development and social issues, prioritizing the facts and issues that are central to the lives of its people. The book carries the authority of the Third World Institute in Montevideo, which provides a refreshing and often challenging counter balance to the Wests Eurocentric perspective. * Over 600 information packed pages * Over 250 maps, 650 diagrams and 10,000 references * Alphabetical profiles for 235 countries * Up to date statistics, information and maps for each country * Key facts and indicators on literacy, mortality, trade, employment, education and health * Pullout, full color world map * Over 20 topic boxes on such subjects The colonization of America; NAFTA; Chechnya; Yoruba culture * Full index, bibliography * Whole World in Figures section The World Guide is compiled by The Third World Institute, which is based in Montevideo, and published in English by New Internationalist Publications.
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