Country Information: Social/Cultural

Continues International business travel and relocation directory.

Handbook for international business travel and operations, covering country characteristics, travel documents, currency, customs, pets, airports, hotels, tipping, holidays, health, housing, and further sources of information.

Legal, social, statistical information on women's issues by country

Contains information on religious activities, growth rates, religious literature, worker activity, and demographic statistics. Additional secular data is incorporated on population, health, education, and communications.

Features a vast range of new and previously unpublished data on the current global situation of Christianity, on religion in general, and on the political, demographic, economic, and social characteristics of the world's cultures and peoples in 238 countries.

Provides an overview of the history and current state of education globally and a survey of the educational systems of 181 countries.

Consists of 198 country studies on institutions of law enforcement and criminal justice. Presents information on the history, structure, and organization of police forces, along with some basic statistics; coverage of human rights issues; presentation of crime and prison statistics; and brief discussion of prisons and prison conditions.