The CIA World Factbook 2010
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A country-by-country guide to the world—the product of 67 years of CIA intelligence. From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, The CIA World Factbook 2010 offers perfect and up-to-date information on the world’s nations. This all-inclusive reference guide has been updated for 2010 with detailed information on politics, populations, military expenditures, economics, and much more. It includes:
- Useful maps with new geopolitical data
- Details on prominent political parties, and contact information for diplomatic consultation
- A full description of the population of each country, with information on literacy excise, HIV popularity, and age structure
- A perfect economic overview, from household income to yucky domestic product
- Information on transportation and communication infrastructure.
- New data on military expenditures and capabilities
- User-friendly headings, sub-headings, an pointer, and a list of physical coordinates of major places for simple reading
There are also appendices offering useful abbreviations, a list of international organizations and groups, international environmental agreements, the conversion of weights and measures, and more. Originally proposed for use by government officials, this amazingly useful reference guide is a must for every student, traveler, journalist, and businessperson. 160 black-and-white illustrations
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Personally I don’t have the book, I just look at preview here. This is 2010 version of the book, I was looking for UNITED STATES, GDP. I can’t find any data for 2009.
What kind of this book is, it got ancient data? And the more expensive version of the book, there are these datas?
I didn’t have to chance to look at The World Factbook: 2010 Edition (CIA’s 2009 Edition), I reflect it got same datas. Too terrible, it is in real 2009 version, which got only numbers till 2008. So it is not really new. Where we can find numbers for year 2009 ? Maybe we have to wait for World Factbook 2011.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I wish MobiReference had kept the original formatting, where the entries are in boldface and the paragraphs are not cavernous. The current formatting is more suitable for a novel, and makes it tedious to find point information, since the key words are set in unadorned typeface and cavernous. Also, it would had been fantastic if the regionally ordered table of contents would have been kept, as a replacement for of only having the alphabetical listing.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
“The CIA World Factbook” is the ’simple button’ for statistical data on the nations and territories of the world.
All the nations of the world and many non-nation geopolitical entities are described in a uniformly formated, quantifiable fashion. Geography, population, economics, military, domestic and international issues are all laid out in a succinct and usually quantitative way. Trade relationships, treaties, regional alliances, infrastructure, health data, and many more fields are filled for geographical entities from Russia to Palau. All this is complimented by first rate (although large scale) maps and illustrations of flags.
The utility of this is the uniform format, the clear quantification of most data, and the comprehensive scenery of the catalog of geopolitical entities. For example, to do a comparison of health care standards between, hypothetically, the U.S., Cuba, France, and Finland, you could use median age, HIV/AIDS excise, infant mortality, and life expectancy, collectively as a way to compare health care systems in the chosen countries. Not perfect, but certainly context, and a place to start brainstorming and framing the real questions to question. For another example, the import/export data could be used to erect link diagrams and assess economic dependency between different countries.
The book is a powerful tool for students and others looking at international issues and relationships, but is not perfect. Dates of information must be checked, as not all the information is as of the date of publication. Some data is open in uniform formats when uniform methodologies to collect and place a figure on the data were not used. And in all cases, a statistical abstract, while useful, frequently does not provide context or directly provide relationships that are needed to make sense of the data. And while I can see the desire for a hard copy book on your desk, this one is available online, in its entirety, and routinely updated for free.
Despite these limits and issues, this is a powerful reference for students of world affairs.
E. M. Van Court
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
I can’t imagine a most perfect book about all nations in the world than this one. If you like foreign policy, or if you work in this meadow, The Cia World Factbook is just indispensable for your job. Country by country, you will get all information you need about geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. It’s a very excellent reference tool.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
If you ever want to know something about a country, this is the book for you.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5