INFOGRAPHIC CONTACT SHEET Issue date: May 25th–31st 2013 1/2

Low prices, thin wallets West Bromwich Albion State within a state % change on a year earlier The bingtuan’s GDP as % of ’s White Britons identifying as English, % 8 24 More than 75.0 67.5 – 69.9 FORECAST 6 72.5 – 74.9 Less than 67.5 20 CPI 70.0 – 72.4 4 16

2 12 + 0 Cambridge 8 – 2 West 4 Average earnings* Midlands 4 0 2007 08 09 10 11 12 13 1980 85 90 95 2000 05 10 15 20 Source: ONS *Three-month average GREA T E R L ONDO N Source: Government statistics

Thames estuary Cost-cutters

Unit labour costs, 2003=100

125 Italy 120 Sources: ONS; Based on OS mapping M008/13 Spain 115 110 France 105 100 Germany 95 90 2003 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12*

CHINA Current account balance, % of GDP

10 Germany 5 + Beitun France 0 – Italy 5 ains Urumqi Spain unt mo 10 n ha Tiemenguan † ns 2003 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12* 13 Tia Aksu Sources: IMF; OECD *Estimate †Forecast Aral Areas run by the XINJIANG Xinjiang Production GANS U & Construction Corps Taklimakan desert (bingtuan) 38th Regiment Jobless in Castile County-level cities Khotan Qiemo controlled by 224th Minfeng Unemployment rate, % of labour force bingtuan Regiment Spain: total Euro area: total youth youth 60 TI BE T 500km 50 40 30 20 He alth-care spending per perso Givers and getters, m GDP per person, ave n minus 10 303 250 rage annual % increase* ting to * Workers contribu 0 Social Security 200 4 2005 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 20 Source: Eurostat Spending as % of GDP* 150 3 Other mandatory FOORECAECA STST Interactive: Explore our guide to Europe’s troubled economies at Economist.com/euroguide13 10 100 2 Discretionary 50 Social Security 1 0 iaries Social Security benefic 87 0 Health care 80 1965 70 75 70 g 8080 8585 9090 9595 20000 0 % of 50 75 90 -6-6969 -7744 -77799 -8 0 055 10 60 9494 75 2000 25 4 -89 -9494 -99 -04040 Savings in 2021, $bn GDP 50 s 194519419 SoSouururcer s: CMS; BEA; -09 -112 40 n cecess: CMS; BBEE A; Golddmmaana eline projections, assumin n SSSachacachhs *Real*ReaReaR l tteterme Social Security 30 *Bas terest payment Source:SoSo Social Security Administratio teermms 2 20 2012202011 continuationexcluding of in current policies; Base benefits for affluent on price 25.4 0.1 e uurrcescecees instead of wage inflation Sources:SourSoSou e CBO; Committee r a RRRe forfofor a Responsiblralrar Raise early-retirement age from 62 to 64 29.4 0.1 FedeFeFederaledddee Budget Raise full retirement age from 67 to 70 31.4 0.1 Increase payroll tax to cover 90% of 60.8 0.3 aggregate wages Medicare Raise eligibility age to 67 31.8 0.1 Raise premiums to cover 35% of 39.8 0.2 doctors’ fees Why Americans love the IRS Unify premiums & deductibles for 12.6 0.1 hospitals & doctors, penalise private (59%) $ $ insurance that boosts Medicare costs 4,680 4m 3m 89% 168bn 400bn 7,000 16% Restrict tax deductibility of employer- 42.1 0.2 Changes to the tax Number of words Man-years spent Share of filers who Money spent each year Tax owed but uncollected Number of millionaires Share of small business provided health insurance code since 2001 in the tax code complying with the pay for help on tax compliance each year paying no income people who think the tax code each year (excluding software) tax in 2011 tax code is fair Other Source: IRS Convert federal civil-service health 17.5 0.1 benefits to vouchers

Source: CBO

Home in the range Occupy boardroom Military build-up Ten-year government-bond yields, % Global activist hedge funds Offset obligations, cumulative total, $bn Assets under management, $bn 2.5 500 United States 80 Middle East and FORECAST US internet sites 2.0 north Africa 400 Unique visitors, March 2013, m 60 Asia Pacific 1.5 0 50 100 150 200 Europe and Canada 300 Germany Latin America Google 1.0 40 200 Yahoo Microsoft 0.5 20 Japan 100 Facebook 0 Apple JF MA MJ JA SO ND JF MA M 0 0 2012 2013 2003 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13* 2005 07 09 11 13 15 16 Tumblr Source: Thomson Reuters Source: Hedge Fund Research *At end of Q1 Source: Avascent Source: comScore INFOGRAPHIC CONTACT SHEET Issue date: May 25th–31st 2013 2/2

CHAD Myanmar’s main ethnic groups States with emergency law NIGER Mexico Lake Chad Burman Kachin Shan Chin % change on previous year Unit labour costs, 2005=100 GDP Consumer prices Mexico Brazil Rakhine Mon Karen Other YOBE BORNO 6 6 160 Myitkyina Kano Maiduguri F’CAST 3 5 140 + 120

BENIN A 0 4 W NIGERIA A – 100 M 3 3 Niger A Abuja D 80 A 6 2005 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2005 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 250 km Population below poverty line, % Fiscal deficit as % of GDP Lagos 80 0 Mexico Gulf of CAMEROON 70 2 60 OECD Sittwe Guinea 4 Naypyidaw Niger Delta 50 40 6 Mexico without oil* Source: 30 8 Martin Smith; Burma-Insurgency 10 R and the Politics Port Sudan e 1984 90 95 2000 05 10 2005 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 of Ethnicity d

S Source: OECD *OECD estimate to show government revenues’ oil dependence SUDAN e a Yangon CHAD Khartoum ERITREA

DJIBOUTI Addis World Wide Wonga i Ababa Net cash held by Apple, Amazon, Facebook, z Oil/gas pipeline g (under construction) Google and Yahoo, $bn n a

SOUTH ra Y ETHIOPI A NEPAL ut Selected roads: SUDAN BHUTAN ap C.A.R . 250 Brahm Myitsone Trilateral highway dam CHINA Juba Trans-Asia highway Gange

SOMALI A s 200 MANIPUR KACHIN UGANDA Imphal Lake Lokichar BANGLADESH Albert 150 K ENYA Moreh CONGO Kampala 100 INDI A Dhaka MYANMAR Hanoi

S Kolkata a RWANDA l K Nairobi w a

50 Bagan e Lamu l Mandalay a

500 km e Gulf of

BURUNDI d n LAOS MIZORAM a Mombasa n I Tonkin Existing 0 r Naypyidaw r Sittwe a oil pipeline 2007 08 09 10 11 12 13* w TANZANIA a V Producing INDIAN d M Proposed e Years ending December Kyaukphyu d k I oiloil fieldspipelines Dar es Salaam OCEAN y o E n T Vientiane g Sources: Bloomberg; The Economist *March RAKHINE N Mae Sot A B a y Yangon THAILAND M o f Moulmein B e n g a l Clash of the consoles Qui Bangkok CAMBODIA Nhon Video-game consoles, units sold* Dawei

T

m Top seller of e

n

generation a 0 100 200 300 300 km s MYANMAR s Phnom

e

r s Penh i Gulf of 1st Magnavox Odyssey m u Ho Chi m c o h Thailand t Minh City a Bay of s

s I

2nd Atari 2600 t Bengal S o u t h a r C h i n a K Nintendo (NES) Andaman 3rd S e a Sea Strait of 4th Nintendo (SNES) Y S Malacca L A I A S o u t h A M 5th Sony PlayStation INDIAN C h i n a OCEAN 6th Sony PlayStation 2 SINGAPORE S e a

7th Nintendo Wii St *Selected, most Sources: videogameconsolelibrary.com; commercially VGChartz.com; Wikipedia successful

250 km Population, 2012, m Yangon and on INDIA BHUTAN CHINA

THEIN 1962-1988: RULED BY MILITARY DICTATOR, NE WIN 1992-2011: RULED BY JUNTA AND GENERAL THAN SHWE SEIN 1,223.2 KACHIN OFFICIAL FLAG 1948 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2013 1,353.8 BANGLADESH Independence from Britain Military coup ends democratic government SAGAING Aung San Suu Kyi returns to Burma, founds National League for Democracy (NLD) 150.0 Name changed from Burma to Myanmar MYANMA R Overwhelming win for NLD in free elections, but the results are annulled by the military regime. Many NLD leaders are jailed or go into exile SHAN Myanmar joins Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) CHIN 63.7 LAOS “Saffron revolution” protests led by monks violently suppressed by the army MANDALAY Miss Suu Kyi released from house arrest 6.4 R A MAGWE Naypyidaw Thein Sein becomes president and meets Miss Suu Kyi. Release of political prisoners begins K I Sittwe r H r a I w NLD wins 43 out of 44 by-elections. Visit of President Barack Obama. Violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya results in over 150 deaths N a KAYAH

E d Army assault on the Kachin; more violence between Buddhists and Muslims d

Source: The Economist B a y o f y

B e n g a l BAGO

THAILAND YANGON KAREN IRRAWADDY Yangon 2 Poor showing Regional laggard 1 64.5 Selected ASEAN countries’ GDP per person, $’000 at PPP* Selected Asian high GDP-growth periods MON 2000 2010 Average annual rates, % 0 3 6 9 12 15 A n d a m a n 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 S e a T A Malaysia China (1991-2010) N I N Thailand Thailand (1976-90) T H

A Indonesia Cambodia (1994-2010) R Y Vietnam (1994-2010) I Philippines Malaysia (1976-90) Gulf of Vietnam Andaman Thailand Laos (1994-2010) Islands (to India) Laos Indonesia (1976-90) Cambodia Myanmar* (2000-10)

Myanmar Myanmar† (2000-08) RANGE

Source: Asian Development Bank *Purchasing-power parity Sources: Asian Development Bank; Harvard (Dapice, Vallely & Wilkinson) *IMF estimate †Harvard estimate, 2-4%