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Drawing on United Nations and other mainstream data, The World Guide 2005/2006 includes all the facts, history, political and economic analysis you would expect from a reference work, but in addition it offers information on the issues central to the lives of people in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean. Key features for the new edition include: - updated information on over 240 countries, including East Timor, West Papua and Somaliland. - More than 20 new reports on topical global issues such as the arms trade, HIV/AIDS, religious fundamentalism, anti-globalisation movements, media, GM foods, oil and human rights. -More than 20 tables of factual information on subjects such as food, education, population, women's role in government, technology, debt and the environment. - The World in Figures - updated section of data and statistics on child health, literacy, maternal mortality, land use, public expenditure and other issues. - 30 background briefings on topics such as the landless movement in Brazil, fair trade, the African Union, the origins of Islam and the wars in former USSR. - NEW Country scanner with at-a-glance information on each country's human rights, indigenous peoples, press freedom, access to health and education, debt and carbon emissions. - Fully indexed.
