This volume aims to provide a comprehensive sourcebook of information on over 13,000 recognized world problems, their perceived interconnections and the organizational human resources available to analyze, challenge and respond to them. Each of the identified problems, compiled from a range of governmental and non-governmental sources is described, together with the nature of the problem, its origins and possible political and social responses. The book is cross-referenced and contains a 75,000 keyword index. The book is aimed at academic central, faculty or departmental libraries in international studies, political studies and social sciences. It should also be useful to reference libraries, governmental libaries and relief agencies.
