former USSR on the eve of its break-up 7.2 Selected data for the twelve regions of the Russian Federation 150 7.3 Russian and Soviet calendar 155 7.4A comparison of human development levels in the republics of 169 the former USSR with those of countries in other parts of the world 7.5 Data for the Aral Sea 178 7.6 Population of the former Central Asian republics and 181 Kazakhstan 8.1 Japanese and Korean calendar 185 8.2 Leading industrial and financial companies in East and 189 Southeast Asia 8.3 Selected regional data for Japan 193 8.4 The post-war performance of five selected branches of Japanese manufacturing 196 9.1 United States calendar 205 9.2 Data set for the states of the USA 211 9.3 US balance of merchandise trade with its twelve largest 217 suppliers of imports in 1991 9.4 Direction of US foreign trade, 1951 and 1990 218 9.5 US investment position abroad by major world regions, 1980 227 and 1990 9.6 Direction of US government foreign grants and credits, 1946– 227 55 and 1990 9.7 Decline in employment in the US agricultural sector, 1965–92 228

DOI link for former USSR on the eve of its break-up 7.2 Selected data for the twelve regions of the Russian Federation 150 7.3 Russian and Soviet calendar 155 7.4A comparison of human development levels in the republics of 169 the former USSR with those of countries in other parts of the world 7.5 Data for the Aral Sea 178 7.6 Population of the former Central Asian republics and 181 Kazakhstan 8.1 Japanese and Korean calendar 185 8.2 Leading industrial and financial companies in East and 189 Southeast Asia 8.3 Selected regional data for Japan 193 8.4 The post-war performance of five selected branches of Japanese manufacturing 196 9.1 United States calendar 205 9.2 Data set for the states of the USA 211 9.3 US balance of merchandise trade with its twelve largest 217 suppliers of imports in 1991 9.4 Direction of US foreign trade, 1951 and 1990 218 9.5 US investment position abroad by major world regions, 1980 227 and 1990 9.6 Direction of US government foreign grants and credits, 1946– 227 55 and 1990 9.7 Decline in employment in the US agricultural sector, 1965–92 228

former USSR on the eve of its break-up 7.2 Selected data for the twelve regions of the Russian Federation 150 7.3 Russian and Soviet calendar 155 7.4A comparison of human development levels in the republics of 169 the former USSR with those of countries in other parts of the world 7.5 Data for the Aral Sea 178 7.6 Population of the former Central Asian republics and 181 Kazakhstan 8.1 Japanese and Korean calendar 185 8.2 Leading industrial and financial companies in East and 189 Southeast Asia 8.3 Selected regional data for Japan 193 8.4 The post-war performance of five selected branches of Japanese manufacturing 196 9.1 United States calendar 205 9.2 Data set for the states of the USA 211 9.3 US balance of merchandise trade with its twelve largest 217 suppliers of imports in 1991 9.4 Direction of US foreign trade, 1951 and 1990 218 9.5 US investment position abroad by major world regions, 1980 227 and 1990 9.6 Direction of US government foreign grants and credits, 1946– 227 55 and 1990 9.7 Decline in employment in the US agricultural sector, 1965–92 228