The statesman's yearbook : the politics, cultures and economies of the world. 2013

Now in its 149th edition, The Statesman's Yearbook continues to be the reference work of choice for accurate and reliable information on every country in the world. Covering political, economic, social and cultural aspects, the Yearbook is also available online for subscribing institutions: www.statesmansyearbook.com . Front Matter....Pages i-xxxi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 United Nations (UN)....Pages 3-8 Universal Declaration of Human Rights....Pages 8-10 United Nations System....Pages 10-13 Specialized Agencies of the UN....Pages 13-24 Other Organs Related to the UN....Pages 24-26 European Union (EU)....Pages 26-30 EU Institutions....Pages 30-34 Other EU Structures....Pages 34-34 Main EU Agencies....Pages 34-37 Council of Europe....Pages 37-38 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)....Pages 38-39 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)....Pages 39-39 European Free Trade Association (EFTA)....Pages 39-40 European Space Agency (ESA)....Pages 40-40 CERN – The European Organization for Nuclear Research....Pages 40-40 Central European Initiative (CEI)....Pages 40-40 Nordic Council....Pages 40-41 Nordic Development Fund (NDF)....Pages 41-41 Nordic Investment Bank (NIB)....Pages 41-41 Council of the Baltic Sea States....Pages 41-41 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 European Broadcasting Union (EBU)....Pages 41-41 Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)....Pages 41-42 Danube Commission....Pages 42-42 European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)....Pages 42-42 Amnesty International (AI)....Pages 42-42 Bank for International Settlements (BIS)....Pages 42-43 Commonwealth....Pages 43-44 Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)....Pages 44-45 International Air Transport Association (IATA)....Pages 45-45 International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)....Pages 45-46 International Criminal Court (ICC)....Pages 46-46 International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)....Pages 46-46 International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)....Pages 47-47 International Olympic Committee (IOC)....Pages 47-47 International Organisation of La Francophonie....Pages 47-47 International Organization for Migration (IOM)....Pages 47-48 International Organization for Standardization (ISO)....Pages 48-48 International Road Federation (IRF)....Pages 48-48 International Seabed Authority (ISA)....Pages 48-48 International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)....Pages 49-49 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)....Pages 49-49 International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)....Pages 49-49 International Union Against Cancer (UICC)....Pages 49-50 Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)....Pages 50-50 Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization)....Pages 50-50 Islamic Development Bank....Pages 50-50 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)....Pages 51-51 Nobel Prizes....Pages 51-51 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel....Pages 51-51 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)....Pages 51-54 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)....Pages 54-55 Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)....Pages 55-56 Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)....Pages 56-56 World Council of Churches....Pages 56-57 World Customs Organization....Pages 57-57 World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)....Pages 57-57 World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)....Pages 57-57 African Development Bank....Pages 57-58 African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)....Pages 58-58 African Union (AU)....Pages 58-58 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Bank of Central African States (BEAC)....Pages 58-58 Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)....Pages 58-59 Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)....Pages 59-59 East African Community (EAC)....Pages 59-59 East African Development Bank (EADB)....Pages 59-59 Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC)....Pages 59-59 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)....Pages 59-60 Intergovernmental Authority on Development....Pages 60-60 Lake Chad Basin Commission....Pages 60-60 Niger Basin Authority....Pages 60-60 Southern African Customs Union (SACU)....Pages 60-60 Southern African Development Community (SADC)....Pages 60-61 West African Development Bank (BOAD)....Pages 61-61 West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)....Pages 61-61 Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)....Pages 61-61 Andean Community....Pages 61-62 Association of Caribbean States (ACS)....Pages 62-62 Caribbean Community (CARICOM)....Pages 62-63 Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)....Pages 63-63 Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)....Pages 63-63 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Central American Common Market (CACM)....Pages 63-64 Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB)....Pages 64-64 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)....Pages 64-64 Latin American Economic System (SELA)....Pages 64-64 Latin American Integration Association (ALADI/LAIA)....Pages 64-64 Latin American Reserve Fund....Pages 65-65 Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)....Pages 65-65 Organization of American States (OAS)....Pages 65-66 Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA)....Pages 66-66 Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR)....Pages 66-66 Union of South American Nations (UNASUR)....Pages 66-66 Asian Development Bank....Pages 66-67 Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC)....Pages 67-67 Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)....Pages 67-68 Colombo Plan....Pages 68-68 Economic Co-operation Organization (ECO)....Pages 68-69 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)....Pages 69-69 Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)....Pages 69-69 South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC)....Pages 69-70 Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD)....Pages 70-70 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Arab Monetary Fund (AMF)....Pages 70-70 Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD)....Pages 70-71 Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC)....Pages 71-71 League of Arab States....Pages 71-71 Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC)....Pages 71-72 Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)....Pages 72-72 Antarctic Treaty....Pages 72-73 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)....Pages 73-73 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change....Pages 73-73 Adam Smith Institute....Pages 73-73 American Enterprise Institute (for Public Policy Research)....Pages 73-73 Bertelsmann Foundation (Bertelsmann Stiftung)....Pages 73-74 Brookings Institution....Pages 74-74 Bruegel....Pages 74-74 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace....Pages 74-74 Carnegie Middle East Center....Pages 74-74 Carnegie Moscow Center....Pages 74-74 Cato Institute....Pages 74-74 Center for American Progress....Pages 74-74 Center for Global Development....Pages 74-74 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Center for International Governance Innovation....Pages 74-74 Center for Strategic and International Studies....Pages 74-75 Centre for Economic Policy Research....Pages 75-75 Centre for European Policy Studies....Pages 75-75 Centre for European Reform....Pages 75-75 Centre for Policy Studies....Pages 75-75 Centre for Strategic and International Studies....Pages 75-75 Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs)....Pages 75-75 Chinese Academy of Social Sciences....Pages 75-75 Civitas (Institute for the Study of Civil Society)....Pages 75-75 Council on Foreign Relations....Pages 75-75 Danish Institute for International Studies....Pages 75-75 European Council on Foreign Relations....Pages 75-76 European Policy Centre....Pages 76-76 European Union Institute for Security Studies....Pages 76-76 Fraser Institute....Pages 76-76 French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)....Pages 76-76 Friedrich Ebert Foundation (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung; FES)....Pages 76-76 Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit)....Pages 76-76 Fundação Getulio Vargas....Pages 76-76 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik; SWP)....Pages 76-76 Heritage Foundation....Pages 76-76 Hoover Institution (on War, Revolution and Peace)....Pages 76-77 Human Rights Watch....Pages 77-77 International Crisis Group....Pages 77-77 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)....Pages 77-77 Kiel Institute for the World Economy (Institut für Weltwirtschaft an der Universität Kiel; IfW)....Pages 77-77 Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung)....Pages 77-77 Lowy Institute for International Policy....Pages 77-77 National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)....Pages 77-77 Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’....Pages 77-77 Open Society Institute....Pages 77-77 Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)....Pages 77-78 Peterson Institute for International Economics....Pages 78-78 RAND Corporation....Pages 78-78 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)....Pages 78-78 Transparency International....Pages 78-78 Urban Institute....Pages 78-78 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars....Pages 78-78 Front Matter....Pages 79-79 Afghanistan....Pages 81-86 Front Matter....Pages 79-79 Albania....Pages 87-92 Algeria....Pages 93-98 Andorra....Pages 99-101 Angola....Pages 102-106 Antigua and Barbuda....Pages 107-109 Argentina....Pages 110-116 Armenia....Pages 117-120 Australia....Pages 121-156 Austria....Pages 157-164 Azerbaijan....Pages 165-170 Bahamas....Pages 171-174 Bahrain....Pages 175-178 Bangladesh....Pages 179-183 Barbados....Pages 184-187 Belarus....Pages 188-192 Belgium....Pages 193-201 Belize....Pages 202-205 Benin....Pages 206-209 Bhutan....Pages 210-213 Bolivia....Pages 214-218 Front Matter....Pages 79-79 Bosnia and Herzegovina....Pages 219-222 Botswana....Pages 223-226 Brazil....Pages 227-236 Brunei....Pages 237-240 Bulgaria....Pages 241-246 Burkina Faso....Pages 247-250 Burundi....Pages 251-254 Cambodia....Pages 255-259 Cameroon....Pages 260-264 Canada....Pages 265-300 Cape Verde....Pages 301-304 Central African Republic....Pages 305-308 Chad....Pages 309-312 Chile....Pages 313-319 China....Pages 320-343 Colombia....Pages 344-349 Comoros....Pages 350-352 Congo, Democratic Republic of the....Pages 353-357 Congo, Republic of the....Pages 358-361 Costa Rica....Pages 362-365 Front Matter....Pages 79-79 Côte d’Ivoire....Pages 366-370 Croatia....Pages 371-375 Cuba....Pages 376-380 Cyprus....Pages 381-387 Czech Republic....Pages 388-396 Denmark....Pages 397-407 Djibouti....Pages 408-410 Dominica....Pages 411-413 Dominican Republic....Pages 414-417 Ecuador....Pages 418-422 Egypt....Pages 423-428 EL Salvador....Pages 429-432 Equatorial Guinea....Pages 433-436 Eritrea....Pages 437-440 Estonia....Pages 441-446 Ethiopia....Pages 447-451 Fiji Islands....Pages 452-456 Finland....Pages 457-465 France....Pages 466-494 Gabon....Pages 495-499 Front Matter....Pages 79-79 The Gambia....Pages 500-502 Georgia....Pages 503-509 Germany....Pages 510-544 Ghana....Pages 545-549 Greece....Pages 550-557 Grenada....Pages 558-560 Guatemala....Pages 561-564 Guinea....Pages 565-568 Guinea-Bissau....Pages 569-571 Guyana....Pages 572-575 Haiti....Pages 576-579 Honduras....Pages 580-583 Hungary....Pages 584-592 Iceland....Pages 593-599 India....Pages 600-652 Indonesia....Pages 653-659 Iran....Pages 660-667 Iraq....Pages 668-675 Ireland....Pages 676-688 Israel....Pages 689-698 Front Matter....Pages 79-79 Italy....Pages 699-710 Jamaica....Pages 711-714 Japan....Pages 715-724 Jordan....Pages 725-729 Kazakhstan....Pages 730-734 Kenya....Pages 735-739 Kiribati....Pages 740-742 Korea, North....Pages 743-748 Korea, South....Pages 749-757 Kuwait....Pages 758-761 Kyrgyzstan....Pages 762-765 Laos....Pages 766-769 Latvia....Pages 770-775 Lebanon....Pages 776-780 Lesotho....Pages 781-784 Liberia....Pages 785-788 Libya....Pages 789-793 Liechtenstein....Pages 794-796 Lithuania....Pages 797-803 Luxembourg....Pages 804-808 Front Matter....Pages 79-79 Macedonia....Pages 809-812 Madagascar....Pages 813-816 Malaŵi....Pages 817-820 Malaysia....Pages 821-828 Maldives....Pages 829-831 Mali....Pages 832-835 Malta....Pages 836-840 Marshall Islands....Pages 841-843 Mauritania....Pages 844-847 Mauritius....Pages 848-851 Mexico....Pages 852-858 Micronesia....Pages 859-861 Moldova....Pages 862-865 Monaco....Pages 866-868 Mongolia....Pages 869-872 Montenegro....Pages 873-876 Morocco....Pages 877-881 Mozambique....Pages 882-885 Myanmar....Pages 886-890 Namibia....Pages 891-894 Front Matter....Pages 79-79 Nauru....Pages 895-897 Nepal....Pages 898-902 The Netherlands....Pages 903-916 New Zealand....Pages 917-929 Nicaragua....Pages 930-933 Niger....Pages 934-937 Nigeria....Pages 938-944 Norway....Pages 945-953 Oman....Pages 954-957 Pakistan....Pages 958-965 Palau....Pages 966-967 Panama....Pages 968-972 Papua New Guinea....Pages 973-977 Paraguay....Pages 978-981 Peru....Pages 982-987 Philippines....Pages 988-993 Poland....Pages 994-1004 Portugal....Pages 1005-1012 Qatar....Pages 1013-1016 Romania....Pages 1017-1023 Front Matter....Pages 79-79 Russia....Pages 1024-1043 Rwanda....Pages 1044-1048 St Kitts and Nevis....Pages 1049-1051 St Lucia....Pages 1052-1054 St Vincent and the Grenadines....Pages 1055-1057 Samoa....Pages 1058-1060 San Marino....Pages 1061-1063 São Tomé e Príncipe....Pages 1064-1066 Saudi Arabia....Pages 1067-1073 Senegal....Pages 1074-1078 Serbia....Pages 1079-1086 Seychelles....Pages 1087-1090 Sierra Leone....Pages 1091-1094 Singapore....Pages 1095-1100 Slovakia....Pages 1101-1106 Slovenia....Pages 1107-1111 Solomon Islands....Pages 1112-1115 Somalia....Pages 1116-1119 South Africa....Pages 1120-1138 South Sudan....Pages 1139-1140 Front Matter....Pages 79-79 Spain....Pages 1141-1150 Sri Lanka....Pages 1151-1157 Sudan....Pages 1158-1164 Suriname....Pages 1165-1168 Swaziland....Pages 1169-1172 Sweden....Pages 1173-1181 Switzerland....Pages 1182-1189 Syria....Pages 1190-1195 Tajikistan....Pages 1196-1199 Tanzania....Pages 1200-1204 Thailand....Pages 1205-1210 Timor-Leste....Pages 1211-1213 Togo....Pages 1214-1217 Tonga....Pages 1218-1220 Trinidad and Tobago....Pages 1221-1224 Tunisia....Pages 1225-1229 Turkey....Pages 1230-1237 Turkmenistan....Pages 1238-1241 Tuvalu....Pages 1242-1244 Uganda....Pages 1245-1250 Front Matter....Pages 79-79 Ukraine....Pages 1251-1257 United Arab Emirates....Pages 1258-1262 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland....Pages 1263-1334 United States of America....Pages 1335-1469 Uruguay....Pages 1470-1474 Uzbekistan....Pages 1475-1479 Vanuatu....Pages 1480-1482 Vatican City State....Pages 1483-1485 Venezuela....Pages 1486-1492 Vietnam....Pages 1493-1498 Yemen....Pages 1499-1503 Zambia....Pages 1504-1507 Zimbabwe....Pages 1508-1515 Back Matter....Pages 1516-1564 This classic reference work presents a political, economic and social account of every country of the world together with facts and analysis. The 2016 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 2014 to March 2015 ; Comprehensive coverage of major international organizations ; SPECIAL FEATURE: Barry Turner explores the Suez crisis 60 years ago; plus a timeline of these dramatic events ; NEW: 2014 in 1,000 words - a summary of the key events that dominated the world during the year ; Detailed maps of all 194 countries