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Titolo |
The Statesman's Yearbook 2018 : The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World / / edited by Palgrave Macmillan |
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London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2018.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (4 illus. in color. eReference.) |
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The Statesman's Yearbook, , 2524-812X |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political science |
Politics and International Studies |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Intro -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- THE RISE AND RISE OF POPULISM -- 2016 IN 1,000 WORDS -- WORLD POPULATION DEVELOPMENTS -- LARGEST URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS -- KEY WORLD FACTS -- RECOMMENDED FURTHER READING -- CHRONOLOGY -- April 2016-March 2017 -- Week beginning 3 April 2016 -- Week beginning 10 April 2016 -- Week beginning 17 April 2016 -- Week beginning 24 April 2016 -- Week beginning 1 May 2016 -- Week beginning 8 May 2016 -- Week beginning 15 May 2016 -- Week beginning 22 May 2016 -- Week beginning 29 May 2016 -- Week beginning 5 June 2016 -- Week beginning 12 June 2016 -- Week beginning 19 June 2016 -- Week beginning 26 June 2016 -- Week beginning 3 July 2016 -- Week beginning 10 July 2016 -- Week beginning 17 July 2016 -- Week beginning 24 July 2016 -- Week beginning 31 July 2016 -- Week beginning 7 August 2016 -- Week beginning 14 August 2016 -- Week beginning 21 August 2016 -- Week beginning 28 August 2016 -- Week beginning 4 September 2016 -- Week beginning 11 September 2016 -- Week beginning 18 September 2016 -- Week beginning 25 September 2016 -- Week beginning 2 October 2016 -- Week beginning 9 October 2016 -- Week beginning 16 October 2016 -- Week beginning 23 October 2016 -- Week beginning 30 October 2016 -- Week beginning 6 November 2016 -- Week beginning 13 November 2016 -- Week beginning 20 November 2016 -- Week beginning 27 |
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November 2016 -- Week beginning 4 December 2016 -- Week beginning 11 December 2016 -- Week beginning 18 December 2016 -- Week beginning 25 December 2016 -- Week beginning 1 January 2017 -- Week beginning 8 January 2017 -- Week beginning 15 January 2017 -- Week beginning 22 January 2017 -- Week beginning 29 January 2017 -- Week beginning 5 February 2017 -- Week beginning 12 February 2017 -- Week beginning 19 February 2017 -- Week beginning 26 February 2017 -- Week beginning 5 March 2017. |
Week beginning 12 March 2017 -- Week beginning 19 March 2017 -- Week beginning 26 March 2017 -- PART I INTERNATIONALORGANIZATIONS -- United Nations (UN) -- António Guterres -- Position -- Introduction -- Early Life -- Career in Office -- Member States of the UN -- Further Reading -- Secretaries-General since 1945 -- Current Leaders -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Preamble -- United Nations System -- Administrator: Helen Clark (New Zealand). -- Executive Director: Anthony Lake (USA). -- Executive Director: Dr Babatunde Osotimehin (Nigeria). -- Executive Director: Erik Solheim (Norway). -- Executive Director: Yury Fedotov (Russia). -- High Commissioner: Filippo Grandi (Italy). -- Commissioner-General: Pierre Krähenbühl (Switzerland). -- High Commissioner: Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad (Jordan). -- Address: Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland. -- Address: Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland. -- Address: 10 Viale Maestri del Lavoro, 10127 Turin, Italy. -- Address: Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland. -- Address: 5-53-70 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8925, Japan. -- Address: Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland. -- Address: 5-53-70 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8925, Japan. -- Address: Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland. -- Address: 20 avenue Appia, 1211 CH-Geneva 27, Switzerland. -- Address: Marmorvej 51, PO Box 2695, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. -- Address: 405 East 42nd St., New York, NY 10017, USA. -- Address: 9-11 rue de Varembé, CH-1211 Geneva 20, -- Specialized Agencies of the UN -- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) - The World Bank -- Current Leaders -- Jim Yong Kim -- Position -- Introduction -- Early Life -- Career in Office. |
Headquarters: 1818 H St., NW, Washington, D.C., 20433, USA. -- Further Reading -- International Finance Corporation (IFC) -- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) -- International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) -- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) -- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) -- International Labour Organization (ILO) -- International Maritime Organization (IMO) -- International Monetary Fund (IMF) -- Current Leaders -- Christine Lagarde -- Position -- Introduction -- Early Life -- Career in Office -- Further Reading -- International Telecommunication Union (ITU) -- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) -- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) -- Universal Postal Union (UPU) -- World Health Organization (WHO) -- Current Leaders -- Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun -- Position -- Introduction -- Early Life -- Career in Office -- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -- World Meteorological Organization (WMO) -- World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) -- Other Organs Related to the UN -- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) -- World Trade Organization (WTO) -- Further Reading -- Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) -- Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) -- UN |
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Conventions -- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities -- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification -- United Nations FrameworkConvention on Climate Change -- European Union (EU) -- EU Institutions -- European Commission -- Current Leaders -- Jean-Claude Juncker -- Position -- Introduction -- Early Life -- Career in Office -- Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat) -- Council of the European Union (Council of Ministers) -- The European Council. |
Current Leaders -- Donald Tusk -- Position -- Introduction -- Early Life -- Career in Office -- European Parliament -- Court of Justice of the European Union -- European Court of Auditors -- European Central Bank -- Other EU Structures -- European Investment Bank (EIB) -- European Data Protection Supervisor -- European Ombudsman -- Main EU Agencies -- Further Reading -- Council of Europe -- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) -- Further Reading -- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) -- European Free Trade Association (EFTA) -- European Space Agency (ESA) -- CERN - The European Organization for Nuclear Research -- Central European Initiative (CEI) -- Nordic Council -- Nordic Development Fund (NDF) -- Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) -- Council of the Baltic Sea States -- European Broadcasting Union (EBU) -- Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) -- Danube Commission -- European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) -- Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) -- Amnesty International (AI) -- Further Reading -- Bank for International Settlements (BIS) -- Commonwealth -- Member States of the Commonwealth -- Further Reading -- Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) -- Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) -- International Air Transport Association (IATA) -- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) -- Further Reading -- International Criminal Court (ICC) -- Further Reading -- International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) -- International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) -- International Olympic Committee (IOC) -- International Organisation of La Francophonie -- International Organization for Migration (IOM) -- International Organization for Standardization (ISO) -- International Road Federation (IRF) -- International Seabed Authority (ISA). |
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) -- International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) -- International Tribunal for the Lawof the Sea (ITLOS) -- International Union Against Cancer (UICC) -- Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) -- INTERPOL (International Criminal Police Organization) -- Islamic Development Bank -- Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) -- Nobel Prizes -- Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel -- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) -- Current Leaders -- Jens Stoltenberg -- Position -- Introduction -- Early Life -- Career in Office -- Further Reading -- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) -- Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) -- Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) -- World Council of Churches -- Further Reading -- World Customs Organization -- World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) -- African Development Bank -- African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) -- African Union (AU) -- Further Reading -- Bank of Central African States (BEAC) -- Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) -- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) -- East African Community (EAC) -- East African Development Bank (EADB) -- Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) -- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) -- Further Reading -- Intergovernmental Authority on Development -- Lake Chad |
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Basin Commission -- Niger Basin Authority -- Southern African Customs Union (SACU) -- Southern African Development Community (SADC) -- Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) -- West African Development Bank (BOAD) -- West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) -- Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL) -- Andean Community -- Association of Caribbean States (ACS). |
Caribbean Community (CARICOM). |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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THE STATESMAN'S YEARBOOK 2018 This classic reference work presents a political, economic and social account of every country of the world together with facts and analysis. The 2018 edition includes: Revised and updated biographical profiles of all current leaders Extensive updates to country economic overviews Expanded and updated historical introductions Chronology of key political events from April 2016 to March 2017 Comprehensive coverage of major international organizations 2016 in 1,000 words - a summary of the key events that dominated the world during the year SPECIAL FEATURE: The Rise and Rise of Populism by Barry Turner NEW: Statistics on access to clean water worldwide NEW: Population projections for every country in 2020 DID YOU KNOW? China overtook Germany as the country with the highest solar energy generating capacity in 2015 Estonia was the first country to use internet voting at a national election, for its 2007 parliamentary election In the 2016 presidential election in Palau, Tommy Remengesau Jr defeated his brother-in-law Surangel Whipps Jr In Papua New Guinea, 60% of the population does not have access to safe water The capital of New York State is not New York City, but Albany. |
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