Statistical Handbook on the World's Children

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At the beginning of the 21st century, there is a growing global consciosness of the issues affecting children and a commitment to address them. The Statistical Handbook on the World's Children responds to the significant need for a comprehensive collection of international statistical material on children that can be quickly accessed and easily understood by the general researcher.

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.,."provides a portrait of the state of the world's children... The well formatted layout and large size of this book make the statistics easy to read and use. Citations to the sources are accompanied by the location of their related Web sites, so the researcher may locate revised information when it becomes available. Appendices containing the texts of documents such as "Declaration of the Rights of the Child" and "C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999" are as excellent addition. This volume is recommended for academic and large public libraries."-Booklist/RBB
.,."provides the reader with a substantial collection of statistics on an important topic....Chandrika Kaul should be pleased with her effort. She presents the researcher and student with a convenient, easy-to-use compendium of diverse statistics that will shed light on a variety of topics related to children's issues. Given the importance of this subject, as well as increasing interest, both public and academic libraries will want to add this volume in their collections of statistical resources."-Against the Grain
...provides a portrait of the state of the world's children... The well formatted layout and large size of this book make the statistics easy to read and use. Citations to the sources are accompanied by the location of their related Web sites, so the researcher may locate revised information when it becomes available. Appendices containing the texts of documents such as "Declaration of the Rights of the Child" and "C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999" are as excellent addition. This volume is recommended for academic and large public libraries.-Booklist/RBB
...provides the reader with a substantial collection of statistics on an important topic....Chandrika Kaul should be pleased with her effort. She presents the researcher and student with a convenient, easy-to-use compendium of diverse statistics that will shed light on a variety of topics related to children's issues. Given the importance of this subject, as well as increasing interest, both public and academic libraries will want to add this volume in their collections of statistical resources.-Against the Grain
Chandrika Kaul has rendered an enormous service be giving us a comprehensive, well-organized, thoroughly documented, and truly international compilation of statistics of the world's children....recommended highly for all academic libraries.-College & Research Libraries
Recommended for high school, public, and academic collections.-CHOICE
Statistical Handbook on the World's Children is clear and logical in its format. The information reflects recent studies and its purpose of promoting the well being of all children is clear. If there is to be an effort to improve the lives of children worldwide, information such as that provided in this volume is an important starting place...libraries.-Reference & User Services Quarterly
..."provides the reader with a substantial collection of statistics on an important topic....Chandrika Kaul should be pleased with her effort. She presents the researcher and student with a convenient, easy-to-use compendium of diverse statistics that will shed light on a variety of topics related to children's issues. Given the importance of this subject, as well as increasing interest, both public and academic libraries will want to add this volume in their collections of statistical resources."-Against the Grain
"Chandrika Kaul has rendered an enormous service be giving us a comprehensive, well-organized, thoroughly documented, and truly international compilation of statistics of the world's children....recommended highly for all academic libraries."-College & Research Libraries
"Recommended for high school, public, and academic collections."-CHOICE
"Statistical Handbook on the World's Children is clear and logical in its format. The information reflects recent studies and its purpose of promoting the well being of all children is clear. If there is to be an effort to improve the lives of children worldwide, information such as that provided in this volume is an important starting place...libraries."-Reference & User Services Quarterly
..."provides a portrait of the state of the world's children... The well formatted layout and large size of this book make the statistics easy to read and use. Citations to the sources are accompanied by the location of their related Web sites, so the researcher may locate revised information when it becomes available. Appendices containing the texts of documents such as "Declaration of the Rights of the Child" and "C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999" are as excellent addition. This volume is recommended for academic and large public libraries."-Booklist/RBB

Author Bio

JEANIE M. WELCH is a Professor and Reference Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is the author of The Spice Trade: A Bibliographic Guide to Sources of Historical and Economic Information (Greenwood, 1994) and numerous articles in professional journals.