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Statesman's Yearbook Select Sources STATESMAN’S YEARBOOK SELECT SOURCES The Statesman’s Yearbook references the following sources to maintain accuracy and currency of information contained in our content management system: 2016 Global Go To Think Tanks Report (https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=think_tanks) United Nations Statistical Yearbook (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/syb) Euromonitor International (http://www.euromonitor.com/economic-research) United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report (http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/ 2016_human_development_report.pdf) United Nations World Population Prospects (http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp) United Nations World Urbanization Prospects (http://esa.un.org/unpd/wup) United Nations Demographic Yearbook (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm) Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Yearbook (http://www.sipri.org/yearbook) International Institute of Strategic Studies Military Balance (http://www.iiss.org/publications/military-balance) International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook (https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/Issues/2017/09/19/ world-economic-outlook-october-2017; https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2017/02/weodata/index.aspx) Selected International Monetary Fund Reports Selected European Union Reports Eurostat (http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat) Selected World Bank Reports and Datasets Selected Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Reports and Datasets Selected World Trade Organization Reports International Monetary Fund Government Finance Statistics Yearbook (https://www.bookstore.imf.org/books/title/ government-finance-statistics-yearbook-2016) World Investment Report (http://unctad.org/en/pages/DIAE/World%20Investment%20Report/WIR-Series.aspx) United Nations Energy Statistics Yearbook (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/energy/yearbook/default.htm) BP Statistical Review of World Energy (https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/en/corporate/pdf/energy-economics/ statistical-review-2017/bp-statistical-review-of-world-energy-2017-full-report.pdf) US Geological Society (http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals) Food and Agricultural Organization Datasets (http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#home) Food and Agricultural Organization Forest Products Yearbook (http://www.fao.org/forestry/statistics/80570/en) Food and Agricultural Organization Fishery Statistics – Capture Production (http://www.fao.org/fishery/statistics/ global-capture-production/en) United Nations Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook (https://www.un-ilibrary.org/economic-and-social-development/ industrial-commodity-statistics-yearbook_df76ae7c-en-fr) International Labour Organization Statistics (http://www.ilo.org/ilostat) United Nations International Trade Statistics Yearbook (https://comtrade.un.org/redirectpb.html) International Road Federation World Road Statistics (http://worldroadstatistics.org) International Railway Statistics (http://www.uic.org/statistics) Railway Directory (http://www.railwaydirectory.net) Selected Airports Council International Reports (http://www.aci.aero/Data-Centre) Shipping Statistics Yearbook (http://www.infoline.isl.org) International Telecommunication Union Yearbook of Statistics (https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/ publications/yb2017.aspx) 1476 STATESMAN’ S YEARBOOK SELECT SOURCES 1477 World Prison Population List (http://prisonstudies.org/sites/default/files/resources/downloads/ world_prison_population_list_11th_edition_0.pdf) UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://data.uis.unesco.org) World Health Statistics (http://www.who.int/gho/publications/world_health_statistics/en) Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project (http://www.pewforum.org/2012/12/18/global-religious-landscape-exec) Religious Trends No 7 World Association of Newspapers World Press Trends (http://www.wan-ifra.org/microsites/world-press-trends) National and regional statistical offices and yearbooks, government departments and international organizations throughout the world Selected print and online national and international news media ABBREVIATIONS ACP African Caribbean Pacific IMF International Monetary Fund Adm. Admiral ind. independent(s) Adv. Advocate ICT information and communication a.i. ad interim technology Ave. Avenue ISO International Organization for Standardization (domain names) b. born bbls barrels K kindergarten bd board kg kilogramme(s) Blvd Boulevard kl kilolitre(s) bn. billion (one thousand million) km kilometre(s) Brig. Brigadier kW kilowatt bu. bushel kWh kilowatt hours Capt. Captain lat. latitude Col. Colonel lb pound(s) (weight) Cdr Commander Lieut. Lieutenant CFA Communauté Financière Africaine long. longitude CFP Comptoirs Français du Pacifique CGT compensated gross tonnes m. million c.i.f. cost, insurance, freight Maj. Major C.-in-C. Commander-in-Chief MW megawatt CIS Commonwealth of Independent States MWh megawatt hours cm centimetre(s) NA not available Co. County NATO North Atlantic Treaty Cres. Crescent Organization cu. cubic n.e.c. not elsewhere classified CUP Cambridge University Press NRT net registered tones cwt hundredweight NT net tonnes D. Democratic Party DWT dead weight tonnes OUP Oxford University Press oz ounce(s) EEA European Economic Area EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone PAYE Pay-As-You-Earn EMS European Monetary System Pl. Place EMU European Monetary Union PPP Purchasing Power Parity ERM Exchange Rate Mechanism R. Republican Party est. estimate Rd Road EU European Union retd retired f.o.b. free on board Rt Hon. Right Honourable FDI foreign direct investment SADC Southern African Development ft foot/feet Community FTE full-time equivalent SDR Special Drawing Rights G8 Group Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sq. Square Russia, UK, USA sq. square GDP gross domestic product St. Street Gdns Gardens SSI Supplemental Security Gen. General Income GNI gross national income TAFE technical and further education GNP gross national product TEU twenty-foot equivalent units GRT gross registered tonnes trn. trillion (one million million) GT gross tonnes GW gigawatt UN United Nations GWh gigawatt hours Univ. University ha. hectare(s) VAT value-added tax HDI Human Development Index v.f.d. value for duty 1478 CURRENT LEADERS INDEX Abadi, Haider al- (Iraq) 638 Duda, Andrzej (Poland) 967 Abbasi, Shahid Khaqan (Pakistan) 928 Duterte, Rodrigo ‘Rody’ (Philippines) 958 Abdel Aziz, Gen. Mohamed Ould (Mauritania) 815 Abdullah II, King (Jordan) 694–5 Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip (Turkey) 1194–5 Abe, Shinzo (Japan) 686–7 Essebsi, Beji Caid (Tunisia) 1189 Áder, János (Hungary) 581 Afewerki, Issaias (Eritrea) 440–1 Faure, Danny (Seychelles) 1055 Ahmadzai, Ashraf Ghani (Afghanistan) 89–90 Fonseca, Jorge Carlos (Cabo Verde) 261 Ahmed, Abiy (Ethiopia) 450–1 Francis, Pope (Vatican City State) 1447 Akufo-Addo, Nana (Ghana) 539 Albert II, Prince (Monaco) 836–7 Geingob, Hage (Namibia) 864 Aliyev, Ilham (Azerbaijan) 169–70 Gentiloni, Paolo (Italy) 673 Alkatiri, Mari (Timor-Leste) 1174 Ghani Ahmadzai, Ashraf (Afghanistan) 89–90 Alvarado, Carlos (Costa Rica) 367 Gnassingbé, Faure (Togo) 1177–8 Anastasiades, Nicos (Cyprus) 387 Gonsalves, Dr Ralph E. (St Vincent and the Grenadines) 1024 Aoun, Michel (Lebanon) 747 Grabar-Kitarović, Kolinda (Croatia) 376–7 Ardern, Jacinda (New Zealand) 891 Granger, David (Guyana) 566 Assad, Bashar al- (Syria) 1153–4 Groysman, Volodymyr (Ukraine) 1216 Assoumani, Azali (Comoros) 354 Grybauskaitė, Dalia (Lithuania) 769 Ayma, Evo Morales (Bolivia) 220 Guelleh, Ismail Omar (Djibouti) 410 Guterres, António (United Nations) 6–7 Babiš, Andrej (Czech Republic) 396 Guterres, Francisco (Timor-Leste) 1173 Bainimarama, Josaia Voreqe (Fiji) 455–6 Barrow, Adama (The Gambia) 494 Hadi, Abd Rabbo Mansour (Yemen) 1463 Barrow, Dean (Belize) 207 Hamad, Sheikh bin Isa Al-Khalifa (Bahrain) 179–80 Bashir, Field Marshal Omar Hassan Hans-Adam II, Prince (Liechtenstein) 765 Ahmed al- (Sudan) 1122–3 Hariri, Saad al- (Lebanon) 747–8 Battulga, Khaltmaagiin (Mongolia) 840 Harris, Timothy (St Kitts and Nevis) 1018 Berdymukhammedov, Gurbanguly Hasina Wajed, Sheikh (Bangladesh) 185 (Turkmenistan) 1201 Heine, Hilda (Marshall Islands) 811–12 Berset, Alain (Switzerland) 1146 Hernández, Juan Orlando (Honduras) 574 Bettel, Xavier (Luxembourg) 775–6 Higgins, Michael (Ireland) 646 Bhandari, Bidhya Devi (Nepal) 871 Holness, Andrew (Jamaica) 679 Bio, Julius Maada (Sierra Leone) 1059–60 Hou, Rick (Solomon Islands) 1080 Biya, Paul (Cameroon) 271 Hun Sen (Cambodia) 265–6 Bolkiah, Sultan Hassanal (Brunei) 243 Hussain, Mamnoon (Pakistan) 928 Bongo Ondimba, Ali (Gabon) 489–90 Borisov, Boyko (Bulgaria) 248 Iohannis, Klaus (Romania) 986–7 Bounnhang, Vorachit (Laos) 736 Issoufou, Mahamadou (Niger) 902–3 Bouteflika, Abdelaziz (Algeria) 100–1 Issoze-Ngondet, Emmanuel (Gabon) 490 Bouterse, Dési (Suriname) 1127 Ivanov, Gjorgje (Macedonia) 780 Brnabić, Ana (Serbia) 1050 Izetbegović, Bakir (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 225 Browne, Gaston (Antigua and Barbuda) 113 Buhari, Muhammadu (Nigeria) 908 Jae-in, Moon (South Korea) 721 Jakobsdóttir, Katrín (Iceland) 588–9 Caid Essebsi, Beji (Tunisia) 1189 Jeenbekov, Sooronbay (Kyrgyzstan) 732 Cartes, Horacio (Paraguay) 947 Jinping, Xi (China) 327–8 Carvalho, Evaristo (São Tomé and Príncipe) 1033 Jóhannesson, Guðni Thorlacius (Iceland) 588 Cerar, Miro (Slovenia) 1076 Jong-un, Kim (North Korea) 714 Chahed, Youssef (Tunisia) 1189 Jugnauth, Pravind (Mauritius) 819 Chan-ocha, Prayuth (Thailand) 1168–9 Juncker, Jean-Claude (European Commission) 33 Chastanet, Allen (St Lucia) 1021 – Christian, Peter
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