2007 CIA World Factbook - Updated Guide to the World, with Country Profiles, Flags, Maps, and Data(CD-ROM)

Product Description This essential electronic book on CD-ROM provides complete reproductions of each of the yearly CIA World Factbooks from 2000 through late 2006, plus the special CIA publication listing Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, and the CIA Factbook on Intelligence. The CIA World Factbook is considered an invaluable "world encyclopedia" reference book. Categories, fields, and subfields of information generally recorded for each country in the world include: Background * Geography * Location * Geographic coordinates * Map references * Area * total land water Area - comparative Land boundaries * border countries * Coastline * Maritime claims * fishing zone * continental shelf * exclusive economic zone * climate, terrain * Elevation extremes * Natural resources * Land use * arable land * crops * natural hazards * Environment issues * agreements * People * Population * Age structure * Birth and Death rate * migration rate * Sex ratio * Infant mortality * Life expectancy * fertility rate * HIV/AIDS * Ethnic groups * Religions * Languages * Literacy * Dependency status * Government type * Capital * Administrative divisions * National holiday * Constitution * Legal system * Suffrage * Executive branch * chief of state * elections * Legislative branch * Judicial branch * Political parties * chief of mission * chancery * consulate(s) general * Flag description * Economy * GDP * per capita * composition by sector * agriculture * industry * services * Investment * Population below poverty * Household income * Gini index * Inflation rate * Labor force by occupation * Unemployment * Budget * Industries * Electricity - production * source * fossil fuel * hydro * nuclear * consumption * Oil and Natural Gas - production * consumption * proved reserves * Agriculture - products * Current account balance * Exports - commodities * partners * Imports - commodities * partners * Reserves of foreign exchange and gold * Debt * Economic aid * Currency * Currency code * Excha About the Author This exceptional and informative CD-ROM is packed with over 56,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. Our news and educational discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust.