@article{346166,
      note = {"ST/ESA/SER.A/292"},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/346166},
      title = {Child adoption : trends and policies /},
      publisher = {United Nations,},
      abstract = {"This study ... presents comparable information for 195  countries. The information presented relates to: adoption  policies and legislation; multilateral, regional and  bilateral treaties on intercountry adoption; levels and  trends of total, domestic and intercountry adoptions, and  data on selected demographic characteristics of the  individuals involved in an adoption, namely, the adopted  person, the adoptive parents and the birth parents. The  report surveys recent trends and policies on child adoption  while providing the cultural and historical background  necessary to understand differences in country  practices."--Pref.},
      recid = {346166},
      pages = {xix, 463 p. :},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {2009},
}