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 as: 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 country’s 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 West’s 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 as: The colonization of America; NAFTA; Chechnya; Yoruba culture* Full index, bibliography"Whole World in Figures" sectionThe World Guide 1999/2000 CD-ROMThe CD-ROM includes: * The World Guide 1999/2000* Amnesty International’s 1998 Reports, covering human rights in over150 countries* Citizen reports for every country on Social Watch 1998Theme reports on issues such as environment, debt and employment from World Guide 1997/1998 Flag, anthem, and photos of people, land and culture added for each country* Allows searching, selection, analysis, printing and downloading of all data, maps and textSpecifications: Requires IBM-PC 386 compatible or higher, 4 MB RAM, 4MB free hard drive space, Windows 95 or 98.The World Guide is compiled by The Third World Institute, which is based in Montevideo, and published in English by New Internationalist Publications.
