ITEM OVERVIEW
Drawing on United Nations' and other mainstream data, The World Guide includes all the facts, history, political and economic analysis you would find in a conventional reference work. But it is unique in also offering information on the issues central to the lives of people in the Southern Hemisphere, like child health, literacy, maternal mortality, and land use.
The World Guide is written by the Third World Institute in Uruguay, using research from across the countries of the South. With a clear, country-by-country format it is the most accessible work of reference for specific country studies, comparative studies and travel research.
Key features of this text include: Up-to-date information on all countries of the world, including East Timor, Palestine, Somaliland, West Papua and Western Sahara; clear, easy-to-use two-color layout; In Focus box giving at-a-glance information on each country's human rights, indigenous peoples, health, education and HIV/AIDS prevalence; 25 new reports on topical global issues, such as the arms trade, HIV/AIDS, forced labour, climate change, and human rights; The World in Figures, a comprehensive section of data and statistics on child health, literacy, maternal mortality, land use, public expenditure and other issues; and more than 20 tables of factual information on food, education, arms, population, women in government, corruption, debt, employment and the environment.
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