Reviews

?The purpose of this handbook (1st. ed. 1979), planned to be issued biannually, is to bring together in English the official statistical data of the USSR and the six East European CMEA countries. Statistical tables are organized in the following six categories: main indicators and population, production, consumption and the standard of living, foreign trade, finance, and energy. The data are certainly available in other sources, such as the various statistical publications of the countries covered and UN yearbooks, but it would require considerable hunting in these sources as well as knowledge of several languages. The register of sources includes more than 50 titles. The information is often detailed and more up-to-date (including some data for 1980) than one finds in the UN Statistical Yearbook. It should be a helpful addition to graduate research collections, particularly to collections strong in East European affairs.?-Choice

?This English-language compilation of current economic data on the Eastern bloc countries is an excellent sourcebook for business firms engaged in East-West trade as well as governments and organizations interested in the field. It is chock-full of figures.?-Booknotes

"This English-language compilation of current economic data on the Eastern bloc countries is an excellent sourcebook for business firms engaged in East-West trade as well as governments and organizations interested in the field. It is chock-full of figures."-Booknotes

"The purpose of this handbook (1st. ed. 1979), planned to be issued biannually, is to bring together in English the official statistical data of the USSR and the six East European CMEA countries. Statistical tables are organized in the following six categories: main indicators and population, production, consumption and the standard of living, foreign trade, finance, and energy. The data are certainly available in other sources, such as the various statistical publications of the countries covered and UN yearbooks, but it would require considerable hunting in these sources as well as knowledge of several languages. The register of sources includes more than 50 titles. The information is often detailed and more up-to-date (including some data for 1980) than one finds in the UN Statistical Yearbook. It should be a helpful addition to graduate research collections, particularly to collections strong in East European affairs."-Choice