Quality of life, balance of power and nuclear weapons : a statistical yearbook for statesmen and citizens, 2010 / Alexander V. Avakov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Avakov, Alexander V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic indicators.

Social indicators.

Quality of life--Statistics.

Quality of life.

Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures--Statistics.

Armed Forces.

Nuclear weapons--Statistics.

Nuclear weapons.

Health status indicators.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The foundations of power politics in the nuclear age, fundamental forces that drive events in the international news, and seldom-discussed factors that can shift whole economies, or trigger wars, may be discerned from the statistical tables presented in this novel yearbook. This statistical annual presents fundamental data in three sections: (1) Quality of Life, (2) Balance of Power, and (3) Developed Market Economies since 1960.It contains data that is generally not available elsewhere. Sections 1 and 2 give statistics for 232 countries. The World Bank and Encyclopedia Britannica provides

Contents:

""Introduction""; ""Sources""; ""Regions""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1. QUALITY OF LIFE""; ""TABLE 1.1 GROSS NATIONAL INCOME ""; ""AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES PER CAPITA, 2007""; ""TABLE 1.2 INFANT MORTALITY RATE ""; ""PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS, 2007""; ""TABLE 1.3 LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH ""; ""TABLE 1.4 GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT ""; ""AT PURCHASING POWER PARITIES PER CAPITA, 2007""; ""TABLE 1.5 ECONOMIC QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX ""; ""PRINCIPAL COMPONENT 1 ""; ""OF THE ECONOMIC QUALITY OF LIFE INDICATORS, 2007""; ""TABLE 1.6 SOCIETAL INTEGRATION INDEX ""

""OPENNESS OF POLITICAL PROCESS, 2007""""TABLE 1.7 CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS INDEX, 2007""; ""TABLE 1.8 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX, 2006""; ""TABLE 1.9 GINI COEFFICIENT ""; ""OF INCOME INEQUALITY, 2007""; ""TABLE 1.10 HUMAN RIGHTS INDEX ""; ""PRINCIPAL COMPONENT 1 OF ""; ""THE POLITICAL QUALITY OF LIFE INDICATORS, 2007""; ""TABLE 1.11 ECONOMICO POLITICAL ""; ""QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX ""; ""PRINCIPAL COMPONENT 1 OF THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL QUALITY OF LIFE INDICATORS, 2007""; ""2. BALANCE OF POWER""; ""TABLE 2.1 POPULATION IN THOUSANDS, 2007""

""TABLE 2.2 GDP AT PURCHASING POWER PARITIES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 2007""""TABLE 2.3 GNI AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES""; ""IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 2007""; ""TABLE 2.4 ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL,""; ""THOUSANDS, 2009""; ""TABLE 2.5 MILITARY EXPENDITURES ""; ""AS SHARE OF GDP PERCENT, 2007""; ""TABLE 2.6 FOREIGN MILITARY AID RECEIVED""; ""IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 2007""; ""TABLE 2.7 MILITARY EXPENDITURES ""; ""AT PURCHASING POWER PARITIES PLUS ""; ""FOREIGN MILITARY AID ""; ""IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 2007""; ""TABLE 2.8 MILITARY EXPENDITURES ""

""AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES PLUS """"FOREIGN MILITARY AID ""; ""IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 2007""; ""TABLE 2.9 OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS, 2007 2008""; ""TABLE 2.10 OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR WARHEADS, 2007-2008""; ""TABLE 2.11 OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR WARHEADS, ""; ""2007 2008""; ""TABLE 2.12 OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR WARHEADS, 2007 2008 ""; ""TABLE 2.13 STATES POSSESSING, PURSUING OR CAPABLE OF ACQUIRING ""; ""WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, 2007""; ""3. DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES""; ""Table 3.1 GNI per Capita at Market Exchange Rates ""; ""of Developed Market Economies""

""TABLE 3.1.1 GNI PER CAPITA """"AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES""; ""YEAR 1970""; ""TABLE 3.1.2 GNI PER CAPITA ""; ""AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES ""; ""YEAR 1980""; ""TABLE 3.1.3 GNI PER CAPITA ""; ""AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES ""; "" YEAR 1990""; ""TABLE 3.1.4 GNI PER CAPITA ""; ""AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES ""; ""YEAR 2000""; ""TABLE 3.1.5 GNI PER CAPITA ""; ""AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES ""; "" YEAR 2007""; ""TABLE 3.1.6 GROWTH RATES OF GNI PER CAPITA ""; ""AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES ""; ""1970-2007""; ""Table 3.2 GDP per Capita at PPP""; ""of Developed Market Economies""

""TABLE 3.2.1 GDP PER CAPITA AT PPP OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-87586-776-6

9786612916069

1-282-91606-8

OCLC:

664021730