This nine volume set covers each of the major world regions. As well as covering the region as a whole, each volume provides a vast range of background information, statistics, directory information and analysis of the social, political and economic situation for each of the individual countries within that region.

Titles include: Africa South of the Sahara 2008; Central and South-Eastern Europe 2008; Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2008; The Far East and Australasia 2008; The Middle East and North Africa 2008; South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2008; South Asia 2008; The USA and Canada 2008; and Western Europe 2008.