The Middle East and North Africa 2000

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The Middle East and North Africa 2000 Is a complete reference guide to the region. Thoroughly revised, expanded and updated, this 46th edition combines current statistics, directory material and extensive analytical commentary prepared by leading authorities on Middle Eastern and North African affairs.
A General Survey of the region consists of essays and analyses of the region's social, political and economic issues. Written by acknowledged authorities on the region, these essays provide an impartial introduction to this important area. This section also provides extensive information on research institutes active in this part of the world.
A Regional Organizations section provides invaluable information on the numerous organizations active within the Middle East and North Africa; it details each organization's aims and functions and includes a directory of principal officials. Organizations listed include the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, the... Tovább

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The Middle East and North Africa 2000 Is a complete reference guide to the region. Thoroughly revised, expanded and updated, this 46th edition combines current statistics, directory material and extensive analytical commentary prepared by leading authorities on Middle Eastern and North African affairs.
A General Survey of the region consists of essays and analyses of the region's social, political and economic issues. Written by acknowledged authorities on the region, these essays provide an impartial introduction to this important area. This section also provides extensive information on research institutes active in this part of the world.
A Regional Organizations section provides invaluable information on the numerous organizations active within the Middle East and North Africa; it details each organization's aims and functions and includes a directory of principal officials. Organizations listed include the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, the Arab Monetary Fund and The League of Arab States.
Each country in the region is covered in greater detail within individual Country Surveys. The information given in each chapter includes comprehensive essays on physical and social geography, history and economy; a statistical survey with the latest available statistics on population, agriculture, forestry, fishing, industry, finance, trade, transport and further economic indicators; an extensive directory of contact names and addresses and key information covering constitution, government, political organizations, diplomatic representation, religion, the
press, publishers, broadcasting and telecommunications, finance, trade and industry, defence, education etc; a bibliography is also included.
Algeria, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel (including the Israeli-Occupied Territories and Emerging Palestinian Autonomous Areas), Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spanish North Africa (Ceuta, Melilla), Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
"There is simply nothing else on the market that provides as much material on each of the countries of the Middle East and North Africa in one Volume." - Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies "Over the years, this publication has earned a reputation as being an indispensable resource for anyone needing up-to-date data about a Middle East country."
- Journal of Palestine Studies
"We have praised successive issues of this work so regularly that it becomes difficult to think up new eulogies, deserved though they are" - World Affairs Report "Probably the best one-volume reference book in English on the Middle East and North Africa." ¦ International Affairs "It is an excellent source of reference strongly recommended for scholars, government officials and businessmen. "
- Middle East Business Review
"You could enquire within for pretty well anything relating to the region and get an answer." - Times Literary Supplement "If one had to choose a single book for understanding the contemporary Middle East, then surely this must be that book. "
- The Middle East Vissza