Encyclopedia of the Developing World

(List is not final and is subject to change prior to publication.)

Countries and Regions
Organizations
Persons
Topics

Countries and Regions
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andean South America: History and Economic Development
Andean South America: International Relations
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Biafra
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Caribbean: History and Economic Development
Caribbean: International Relations
Cayman Islands
Central Africa: History and Economic Development
Central Africa: International Relations
Central African Republic
Central America: History and Economic Development
Central America: International Relations
Central and Eastern Europe: History and Economic Development
Central and Eastern Europe: International Relations
Central Asia: History and Economic Development
Central Asia: International Relations
Chad
Chile
China, People's Republic of
Colombia
Commonwealth of Independent States: History and Economic Development
Commonwealth of Independent States: International Relations
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Africa: History and Economic Development
East Africa: International Relations
East Asia: History and Economic Development
East Asia: International Relations
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
French Guiana
Gabon
Gambia, The
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kurdistan
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Macao/Macau
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malvinas/Falklands
Marshall Islands, Republic of
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico: History and Economic Development
Mexico: International Relations
Micronesia, Federated States of
Middle East: History and Economic Development
Middle East: International Relations
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands Antilles
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
North Africa: History and Economic Development
North Africa: International Relations
Northern South America: History and Economic Development
Northern South America: International Relations
Oceania: History and Economic Development
Oceania: International Relations
Oman
Pakistan
Palau, Republic of
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paracel and Spratley Islands
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Southeast Asia: History and Economic Development
Southeast Asia: International Relations
Southern Africa: History and Economic Development
Southern Africa: International Relations
Southern Cone (Latin America): History and Economic Development
Southern Cone (Latin America): International Relations
Soviet Bloc
Sri Lanka
St. Christopher and Nevis
St. Helena
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tibet
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Republic (UAR)
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands, British
Virgin Islands, United States
West Africa: History and Economic Development
West Africa: International Relations
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Organizations
26th of July Movement
African Development Bank (ADB)
African Monetary Fund (AfMF)
African National Congress
All-African Peoples Conference (AAPC)
Alliance for Progress
All-India Muslim League
Amnesty International
Andean Community
Anglican Communion
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC)
Arab Economic Unity Council
Arab Maghreb Union
Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO)
Armed Forces of the People
ASEAN Free Trade Association
ASEAN Mekong Basin Development Co-operation (Mekong Group)
Asian Development Bank
Asian Monetary Fund
Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC)
Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Awami League
Ba'ath Party
Baghdad Pact
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Group (BSEC)
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
CARE
Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)
Caribbean Development Bank
Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA)
Central American Common Market (CACM)
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Treaty Organization (CENTO)
Chinese Communist Party
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Commonwealth (British)
Contras
DAWN (Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era)
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins sans Frontières
East African Community
Economic and Customs Union of Central Africa (ECUCA)
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN)
Francophonie Institutionnelle
Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
FRELIMO (Front for the Liberation of Mozambique)
Greek Orthodox Church
Group of 77
Guerrilla Army of the Poor (EGP)
Gulf Cooperation Council
HAMAS
Hezbollah
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (World Bank)
International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
International Cocoa Organization
International Coffee Organization
International Committee of the Red Cross
International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)
International Development Association (IDA)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
International Planned Parenthood Federation
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Khmer Rouge
Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development
Lake Chad Basin Commission
Latin American Integration Association (ALADI)
Mau Mau
Montoneros
Mujahedin
Muslim Brotherhood
Muslim League
National Action Party
National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam
National Liberation Army (ELN) (Colombia)
New Jewel Movement
New People's Army
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Organization of African Unity (OAU)
Organization of American States (OAS)
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC)
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
Oxfam
Pacific Islands Forum
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Party of the Institutionalized Revolution (PRI)
Pathet Lao
People's Liberation Armed Forces (PLAF)
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Revolutionary Army of the People
Revolutionary Democratic Front (FDR)
Rockefeller Foundation
Roman Catholic Church
Russian Orthodox Church
Salvation Army
Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN)
Shining Path/Sendero Luminoso
Solidarity Union
Soros Foundations Network
South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC)
South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO)
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Southern Cone Common Market (MERCOSUR)
Taliban
Tupamaros
United Malays National Organization (UMNO)
United Nations Center for Human Settlements
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
United Nations Economic and Social Council
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
United Nations International Court of Justice
United Nations International Drug Control Program (UNDCP)
United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
United Nations International Institute on Aging
United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA)
United Nations Trusteeship Council
United Nations University (UNU)
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Viet Minh
Visehrad Group
West African Monetary Union (WAMU)
Women Living under Muslim Laws (WLUML)
World Confederation of Labor (WCL)
World Council of Churches
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
World Food Program
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Zapatista National Revolutionary Army (EZLN)

Persons
Ahidjo, Amadou
Allende Gossens, Salvador
Amin, Idi
Aquino, Benigno and Corazon
Arafat, Yasser
Árbenz Guzmán, Jacobo
Arias Sanchez, Oscar
Aristide, Jean-Bertrand
Aung San Suu Kyi
Ayub Khan, Mohammed
Azikiwe, Benjamin Nnamdi
Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio
Begin, Menachem
Ben Bella, Ahmed
Ben-Gurion, David
Betancourt, Rómulo
Bhutto, Benazir
Bishop, Maurice
Bosch, Juan
Botha, P. W.
Boumédiènne, Houari
Bourguiba, Habib
Bunche, Ralph
Buthelezi, Mangosuthu Gatsha
Cabral, Amilcar
Cardoso, Fernando Henrique
Castro, Fidel
Ceausescu, Nicolae
Chávez, Hugo
Chiang Ching-kuo
Chiang Kai-shek
Chuan Leekpai
De Klerk, F. W.
Deng Xiaoping
Dubcek, Alexander
Duvalier, François
Fanon, Frantz
Fox, Vicente
Frei, Eduardo
Fujimori, Alberto
Gandhi, Indira
Gandhi, Mohandas
Gandhi, Rajiv
Goh Chok Tong
Gorbachev, Mikhail
Guevara, Ernesto "Che"
Gus Dur
Haile Maryam, Mengistu
Hassan II, King (Morocco)
Havel, Václav
Haya de la Torre, Víctor Raúl
Hirschman, Albert
Ho Chi Minh
Houphouët-Boigny, Félix
Hoxha, Enver
Hun Sen
Hussein, King of Jordan
Hussein, Saddam
Jagan, Cheddi
Jaruzelski, Wojciech
Jiang Zemin
Kaunda, Kenneth
Kenyatta, Jomo
Khama, Sir Seretse
Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khrushchev, Nikita
Kubitschek, Juscelino
Laar, Mart
Landsbergis, Vytautas
Lee Kuan Yew
Lumumba, Patrice
Luthuli, Albert
Machel, Samora
Magsaysay, Ramon
Mahathir bin Mohammed
Malan, D. F.
Mandela, Nelson
Mao Zedong
Marcos, Ferdinand
Mbeki, Thabo
Meir, Golda
Menchú Túm, Rigoberta
Menem, Carlos
Miloševi?, Slobodan
Mossaddeq, Muhammed
Mubarak, Hosni
Mugabe, Robert
Mujibar Rahman, Sheikh
Nasser, Gamal Abdel
Ndi, Ni John Fru
Nehru, Jawaharlal
Nkrumah, Kwame
Norodom Sihanouk
Nyerere, Julius
Okello, John
Pahlavi, Shah Muhammed Reza
Pérez Jiménez, Marcos
Perón, Juan Domingo
Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto
Prebisch, Raúl
Qaddafi, Muammar
Rafsanjani, Ali Akbar
Rahman, Tunku Abdul
Ramos, Fidel
Rhee, Syngman
Sadat, Anwar
Salinas de Gortari, Carlos
Selassie, Emperor Haile
Sénghor, Leopold
Siad Barre, Mohammed
Silva, Luiz Inácio "Lula" da
Somoza DeBayle, Anastasio
Somoza García, Anastasio
Stalin, Joseph
Stroessner, Alfredo
Sukarno
Tito, Josip Broz (Marshall Tito)
Torrijos Herrera, Omar
Touré, Sékou
Trujillo, Rafael Leonidas
Tudjman, Franjo
Tutu, Bishop Desmond
Ulmanis, Guntis
Um-Nyobe, Reuben
Vähi, Tiit
Vargas, Getúlio
Verwoerd, Hendrik
Wa??sa, Lech
Williams, Eric
Wojty?a, Karol (Pope John Paul II)
Wyszy?ski, Cardinal Stefan
Yahya Khan, Agha Mohammed
Zhou Enlai
Zia ul-Haq, Muhammed

Topics
807 Industries
Acid Precipitation
African Diaspora
Agriculture: Impact of Globalization
Agriculture: Impact of Privatization
Apartheid
Aprismo
Arab Nationalism
Arab-Israeli Wars (1948, 1956, 1967, 1973)
Arms and Armaments, International Transfer of
Arms Industry
Asian "Economic Miracle"
Asian Tigers
Aswan High Dam and Development in Egypt
Authoritarianism
Balfour Declaration
Balkan Wars of the 1990s
Bandung Conference (1955)
Banking
Bantustans
Basic Human Needs
Bedouins
Berbers
Berlin Wall (1961-89)
Biodiversity Conservation
Black Market/Shadow Economy
Bracero Program
Brain Drain
Buddhism
Bureaucratic Authoritarianism
Camp David Accords (1979)
Capital Flight
Capitalist Economic Model
Caribbean Basin Initiative
Cartels
Caste Systems
Children and Development
China: Cultural Revolution
Chinese Revolution
Christianity
Christians in the Middle East
Civic Education
Civil Disobedience
Civil Rights
Civil Society
Collectivism
Colombo Plan
Colonialism: History
Colonialism: Legacies
Communist Economic Model
Constitutionalism, Definition
Coptic Church (Copts)
Corruption, Governmental
Counterinsurgency
Counter-trade
Coup d'Etat
Cuban Revolution
Cultural Perceptions
Currency Devaluations
Currency Regimes
Debt: Impact on Development
Debt: Relief Efforts
Deforestation
Democratization
Desertification
De-Stalinization (1953-56)
Development History and Theory
Development, Measures of
Dictatorships
Disaster Relief
Doi Moi
Domino Theory
Draft Declaration on Indigenous Peoples of the United Nations
Drug Trade
Drug Use
Druze
Ecotourism
Education
Elections
Energy: Alternative Development
Energy: Impact on Development
Entrepreneurship
Environment: Government Policies
Environmentalism
Erosion, Land
Ethnic Conflicts: Caribbean
Ethnic Conflicts: Central Africa
Ethnic Conflicts: Central and Eastern Europe
Ethnic Conflicts: Central Asia
Ethnic Conflicts: Commonwealth of Independent States
Ethnic Conflicts: East Africa
Ethnic Conflicts: East Asia
Ethnic Conflicts: Mexico and Central America
Ethnic Conflicts: Middle East
Ethnic Conflicts: North Africa
Ethnic Conflicts: Oceania
Ethnic Conflicts: Southeast Asia
Ethnic Conflicts: Southern Africa
Ethnic Conflicts: Southern Cone (Latin America)
Ethnic Conflicts: West Africa
Ethnicity: Impact on Politics and Society
Eurocentrism
Evangelical Protestantism
Export-Oriented Economies
Extractive Industries
Family Planning and Structure
Food and Nutrition
Foreign Direct Investments (FDI)
Free Market Economy
Fulbright Program
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
Glasnost and Perestroika
Global Climate Change
Globalization: Impact on Development
Great Leap Forward
Green Revolution
Guerrilla Warfare
Health Care
Helsinki Final Act on Human Rights (1975)
Hinduism
HIV/AIDS
Human Resource Development
Human Rights as a Foreign Policy Issue
Human Rights: Definition and Violations
Humanitarian Relief Projects
Hungarian Crisis of 1956
Import Substitution Industrialization
Income Distribution
Indian-Pakistani Wars
Indigenous Medical Practices
Industrialization
Infant Mortality
Infanticide
Infectious Diseases
Intellectual Property Rights
Inter-Religious Relations
Intifada
Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988
Irrigation
Islam
Islamic Fundamentalism
Itaipú Dam
Jihad
Judaism
Kashmir Dispute
Kurds
Labor
Land Distribution Patterns
Language, Influence on Development
Language, Influence on Politics
Legal Systems
Liberation Theology
Libyan Cultural Revolution
Lomé Convention
Maghrib Peoples
Malvinas/Falklands War, 1982
Maquiladora Program
Marxism
Mental Health
Migration
Military and Civilian Control
Military and Development
Military and Human Rights
Minorities/Discrimination
Mixed Economy
Modernization
Monarchic Government
Money Laundering
Multinational Corporations and Development
Nation Building
Natural Disasters
Neo-Colonialism
Neo-Liberalism
New Economic Policy (Malaysia)
New International Economic Order (NIEO)
Newly Industrialized Economies (NIEs)
Nicaraguan Revolution
Nonaligned Movement
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Operation Bootstrap, Puerto Rico
Palestinian Diaspora
Pan-Africanism
Panama Canal Treaties, 1977
Park Systems, National
Peacekeeping Operations, Regional and International
Peasants, Impact of Development on
Persian Gulf War, 1991
Persian Gulf War, 2003
Petrodollars
Plan Colombia
Political Culture
Pollution, Agricultural
Pollution, Industrial
Popular Sectors
Population Growth: Impact on Development
Populism
Poverty: Definition and Trends
Poverty: Impact on Development
Prague Spring, 1968
Private Property Rights
Privatization
Public Health
Public Sector Reform
Quality of Life: Definition
Rain Forest, Destruction of
Rastafarianism
Refugees
Religion
Sanctions, Economic
Self-Determination
Sex Trade/Trafficking
Sikhism (Sikhs)
Single-Party States
Smaze
Social Revolution
Socialism
Socialist Economic Model
State-Directed Economy
Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs)
Subsistence Living
Sufism
Sustainable Development
Technology: Impact on Development
Territorial Disputes
Terrorism
Third World
Three Gorges Dam
Tienanmen Square Massacre
Totalitarianism
Trade Policies and Development
Trading Patterns, Global
Transparency
Underdevelopment
United States - Dominican Republic - Central American Free Trade Agreement
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Untouchables (Dalits)
Urbanization: Impact on Development
Urbanization: Impact on Environment
Velvet Revolutions
Vietnam War
Virtual Water Trade
War and Development
Waste Management
Water Resources and Distribution
White Community in Africa
Wildlife Preservation
Women: Legal Status
Women: Role in Development
Zionism