The World
A Third World Guide 1995/96
A publication by Instituto Del Tercer Mundo
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ISBN: 0 88598 291 8 624 pages 19.4x26.9cm US$50.00

For Third World Guide 1997/98, click here Third World Guide 1997/98

*Updated information of 217 nations, including all UN members and those struggling for independence
*Unique information on the new Central Asian, Eastern and Central European countries
*Maps, graphs, statistics

*A country-by-country compendium of history, society and politics from a Southern perspective
*In-depth analysis of key global issues: the politics of poverty; the population controversy; the free trade debate; monocultures vs. viodiversity; the debt trap; the urban problem...
*Covering the global decision-making process: the Uruguay Round of GATT; the World Summit on Social Development; the UN conferences on women, environment, population, human rights, children and habitat
*An authoritative reference that doesn't ignore women, environment, culture, indigenous peoples
*Global and national statistics on economy and society. The World as seen by the Third world
*A co-operative effort incorporating input from a worldwide network of hundreds of researchers, journalists and citizen groups at the local level, coordinated by the Third World Institute in Uruguay
*Published regularly since 1979, the first global reference book produced in the Third World has become an invaluable key to understanding world issues from a southern perspective.

CONTENTS

Preface
Index to Countries
A View From the South

Demography
Food
Health
Education
Childhood
Labor
Housing
Debt
Biodiversity
Human Rights

Trade
Bretton Woods
Transnations
Structural Adjustment
Aid

United Nations
World Summits

50 Years is Enough!
New Global Order in Crisis
Steps Towards Democratisation

Countries of the World
The Globe/A Full Colour World Map
Blibiography
Alphabetical Index