Table of Contents

Flags of the World/Map of the World (colour pullout section) - Chronology of World Events from April 2002 to March 2003 - Addenda - All the World's a Village: The Challenge of Globalization by Barry Turner - PART 1: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS - PART 2: COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD A-Z, including the following sections: - Key Historical Events - Territory and Population - Social Statistics - Climate - Constitution and Government - Recent Elections - Current Administration - Defence - International Relations - Economy - Energy and Natural Resources - Environment - Industry - International Trade - Communications - Social Institutions - Culture - Diplomatic Representatives - Further Reading - Place and International Organizations Index

Promotional Information

Barry Turner is the author of "A Place in the Country" and "...And the Policeman Smiled", and co-authored of "When Daddy Came Home - How Family Life Changed Forever in 1945".

About the Author

BARRY TURNER is the seventh editor in the 139-year history of The Statesman's Yearbook. He has a PhD in Political History and has been a full-time writer for 30 years. He has worked as a journalist and broadcaster in the field of politics, biography, travel and education, and is the author of over 20 books including the best-selling A Place in the Country, which became a television series, ...And the Policeman Smiled, the story of ten thousand refugee children who escaped to Britain just before the war, and (co-authored) When Daddy Came Home - How Family Life Changed Forever in 1945. He is a regular contributor to The Times as a book reviewer and serialiser, and is the editor of the annual Writer's Handbook.