<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B><I>The Other World</I> combines a thematic and area studies approach to explore contemporary global issues in the developing world.</B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Accessible and interdisciplinary, this text offers political, economic, social, and historical analysis plus case studies on Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and the Middle East, Central Asia and the Southern Near Abroad, and Asia. Highlighting similarities and differences among these regions and focusing on enduring problems, <I>The Other World</I> is a practical look at the issues affecting the majority of the world's population.</P>