Introduction

The content of these country briefs is drawn directly from different websites, CD-ROM, and books. The data are sometimes contradictory and we take no responsiblility for their accuracy. The user should be informed that some of this information is already out of date and that some figures have already been superceded by revised numbers. We apologize for any typographical errors that may still remain.

In our models we have taken care to use the most recent consistent data sources. Therefor there are differences between some of the data presented here and those used in our models.