Countries Included: All world countries, economic regions, geographical regions
Years Covered: From 1993 to 2008
Indicators: Over 50 indicators from our database of 1,000 are currently display by Econ Stats
Data Sources: IMF, World Bank, UN, OECD, CIA World Factbook, Internet World Statistics, The Heritage Foundation and Transparency International
Last Updated: 1st August 2011
Where there are socio-political or economic problems, human suffering is bound to follow, and will evidence itself in disputes (civil unrest or military engagement), displacement of refugees, kidnapping and trafficking of humans, often children, for economic profit, and the production of illicit drugs, which has come to dominate the economies of Afghanistan and parts of South America and South East Asia.