STATESMAN’S YEARBOOK SELECT SOURCES The Statesman’s Yearbook references the following sources to maintain accuracy and currency of information contained in our database: 2012 Global Go To Think Tanks Report (http://gotothinktank.com/dev1/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ 2012_Global_Go_To_Think_Tank_Report_-_FINAL-1.28.13.pdf ) United Nations Statistical Yearbook (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/syb) Euromonitor International Marketing Data and Statistics (http://www.euromonitor.com/international-marketing- data-and-statistics-2014/book) United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report (http://hdr.undp.org/en/2013-report) United Nations World Population Prospects (http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp) United Nations World Urbanization Prospects (http://esa.un.org/unup) 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 (http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2013/01) Selected International Monetary Fund Reports Selected European Union Reports Eurostat (http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu) Selected World Bank Reports Selected World Trade Organization Reports International Monetary Fund Government Finance Statistics Yearbook (http://www.imfbookstore.org/ ProdDetails.asp?ID=GYIEA2013001) 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 (http://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/about-bp/energy-economics/ statistical-review-of-world-energy-2013.html) Food and Agricultural Organization Forest Products Yearbook (http://www.fao.org/forestry/statistics/80570/en) Food and Agricultural Organization Fishery Statistics À Capture Production (http://www.fao.org/fishery/statistics/ global-capture-production/en) United Nations Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/industry/icsy_intro.asp) International Labour Organization Statistics (http://laborsta.ilo.org) United Nations International Trade Statistics Yearbook (http://comtrade.un.org/pb/first.aspx) International Road Federation World Road Statistics (http://irfnet.org/statistics) International Railway Statistics (http://www.uic.org/etf/publication/publication-resultat.php?domaine=3) 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 (http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/publications/yb/index.html) UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://stats.uis.unesco.org) Pew Research Center’s Religion & Public Life Project (http://www.pewforum.org/2012/12/18/global-religious-landscape-exec) Religious Trends No 7 World Health Statistics (http://www.who.int/gho/publications/world_health_statistics/en) 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 1508 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 ISO International Organization for b. born Standardization (domain names) bbls barrels bd board K kindergarten bn. billion (one thousand million) kg kilogramme(s) Brig. Brigadier kl kilolitre(s) bu. bushel km kilometre(s) Capt. Captain kW kilowatt Cdr Commander kWh kilowatt hours CFA Communauté Financière Africaine lat. latitude CFP Comptoirs Français du Pacifique lb pound(s) (weight) CGT compensated gross tonnes Lieut. Lieutenant c.i.f. cost, insurance, freight long. longitude C.-in-C. Commander-in-Chief CIS Commonwealth of Independent States m. million cm centimetre(s) Maj. Major Co. County MW megawatt Cres. Crescent MWh megawatt hours cu. cubic CUP Cambridge University Press NA not available cwt hundredweight NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization D. Democratic Party n.e.c. not elsewhere classified DWT dead weight tonnes NRT net registered tones NT net tonnes EEA European Economic Area EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone OUP Oxford University Press EMS European Monetary System oz ounce(s) EMU European Monetary Union ERM Exchange Rate Mechanism PAYE Pay-As-You-Earn est. estimate PPP Purchasing Power Parity EU European Union R. Republican Party f.o.b. free on board Rd Road FDI foreign direct investment retd retired ft foot/feet Rt Hon. Right Honourable FTE full-time equivalent SADC Southern African Development G8 Group Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Community Russia, UK, USA SDR Special Drawing Rights GDP gross domestic product sq. square Gdns Gardens St. Street Gen. General SSI Supplemental Security 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 1509 CURRENT LEADERS INDEX Abbott, Tony (Australia) 126–7 Desalegn, Hailemariam (Ethiopia) 447–8 Abdel Aziz, Gen. Mohamed Ould (Mauritania) 844 Dhoinine, Ikililou (Comoros) 349 Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah, King (Malaysia) 823 Di Rupo, Elio (Belgium) 197 Abdullah, King (Saudi Arabia) 1070–1 Douglas, Dr Denzil L. (St Kitts and Nevis) 1050–1 Abdullah II, King (Jordan) 725–6 Dramani Mahama, John (Ghana) 545 Abe, Shinzo (Japan) 717–18 Dung, Nguyen Tan (Vietnam) 1488–9 Abusahmain, Nouri (Libya) 789–90 – Áder, János (Hungary) 586 7 Elbegdorj, Tsakhiagiin (Mongolia) 869 Afewerki, Issaias (Eritrea) 437 Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip (Turkey) 1229–30 Albert II, Prince (Monaco) 865–6 Aliyev, Ilham (Azerbaijan) 166–7 Faymann, Werner (Austria) 160–1 Altankhuyag, Norov (Mongolia) 869 Fernández de Kirchner, Cristina (Argentina) 113–14 Anastasiades, Nicos (Cyprus) 380–1 Fico, Robert (Slovakia) 1103–4 Anthony, Kenny (St Lucia) 1054 Fischer, Dr Heinz (Austria) 160 Aquino III, Benigno (Philippines) 991 Fogh Rasmussen, Anders (NATO) 55–6 Assad, Bashar al- (Syria) 1187–8 Fonseca, Jorge Carlos (Cabo Verde) 256 Atambayev, Almazbek (Kyrgyzstan) 762 Francis, Pope (Vatican City State) 1478–9 Ayma, Evo Morales (Bolivia) 215–16 Funes Cartagena, Mauricio (El Salvador) 429–30 Bachelet, Michelle (Chile) 315–16 Bainimarama, Josaia Voreqe (Fiji Islands) 452–3 Garibashvili, Irakli (Georgia) 504 – Gašparovič, Ivan (Slovakia) 1103 Ban Ki-moon (United Nations) 6 7 – Banda, Joyce (Malaŵi) 817 Gauck, Joachim (Germany) 515 16 Geun-hye, Park (South Korea) 752 Barroso, José Manuel (European Commission) 32 – Barrow, Dean (Belize) 203 Gnassingbé, Faure (Togo) 1211 12 Băsescu, Traian (Romania) 1020–1 Gonsalves, Dr Ralph E. (St Vincent and the Grenadines) 1057 Bashir, Field Marshal Omar Hassan Ahmed al- (Sudan) Grímsson, Ólafur Ragnar (Iceland) 594 Grybauskaitė, Dalia (Lithuania) 798 1156–7 Guebuza, Armando (Mozambique) 833 Beccari, Luca (San Marino) 1062–3 Guelleh, Ismail Omar (Djibouti) 407 Benkirane, Abdelilah (Morocco) 878 Gül, Abdullah (Turkey) 1228–9 Berdymukhammedov, Gurbanguly (Turkmenistan) 1235 Gunnlaugsson, Sigmundur Davíð (Iceland) 594–5 Bērziņš, Andris (Latvia) 771 Gusmão, Xanana (Timor-Leste) 1207–8 Bettel, Xavier (Luxembourg) 804–5 Biya, Paul (Cameroon) 265–6 Bolkiah, Sultan Hassanal (Brunei) 238 Habumuremyi, Pierre Damien (Rwanda) 1047–8 Bongo Ondimba, Ali-Ben (Gabon) 495–6 Hadi, Abdo Rabu Mansour al- (Yemen) 1494 Boni, Yayi (Benin) 207 Hailemariam Desalegn (Ethiopia) 447–8 Bouteflika, Abdelaziz (Algeria) 96–7 Hamad, Sheikh bin Isa Al-Khalifa (Bahrain) 176–7 Bouterse, Dési (Suriname) 1161 Hans-Adam II, Prince (Liechtenstein) 794 Bratušek, Alenka (Slovenia) 1109 Harper, Stephen (Canada) 273–4 Burkhalter, Didier (Switzerland) 1180 Hasina Wajed, Sheikh (Bangladesh) 181 Butkevičius, Algirdas (Lithuania) 798–9 Hernández, Juan Orlando (Honduras) 580 Higgins, Michael (Ireland) 678 – Cameron, David (United Kingdom) 1268–70 Hollande, François (France) 470 1 Humala Tasso, Ollanta Moisés (Peru) 985 Carcasses Kalosil, Moana (Vanuatu) 1476 – Carmona, Anthony (Trinidad and Tobago) 1218 Hun Sen (Cambodia) 260 1 Cartes, Horacio (Paraguay) 980 Hussain, Mamnoon (Pakistan) 961 Castro Ruz, Raúl (Cuba) 375–6 Cavaco Silva, Aníbal (Portugal) 1009–10 Ilves, Toomas Hendrik (Estonia) 442 Chan, Dr Margaret (World Health Organization) 23 Issoufou, Mahamadou (Niger) 935–6 Choummaly Sayasone, Lieut.-Gen. (Laos) 766 Ivanov, Gjorgje (Macedonia) 809 Christie, Perry (Bahamas) 172 Izetbegović, Bakir (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 220–1 Ciavatta, Valeria (San Marino) 1063 Coelho, Pedro Passos (Portugal) 1010 Jammeh, Yahya (Gambia) 500 Coleiro Preca, Marie-Louise (Malta) 836 Jayaratne, Dissanayake Mudiyansalage (Sri Lanka) 1149 Compaoré, Blaise (Burkina Faso) 248 Jinping, Xi (China) 323–4 Condé, Alpha (Guinea) 564 Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen (Liberia) 785–6 Correa Delgado, Rafael Vicente (Ecuador) 419 Jomaa, Mehdi (Tunisia) 1223 Jonathan, Goodluck (Nigeria) 941 Déby, Lieut.-Gen. Idriss (Chad) 309–10 Jong Un, Kim (North Korea)