TY - BOOK N2 - "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. AB - "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. T1 - Child adoption :trends and policies / DA - 2009. CY - New York : CN - HV875 CN - HV875 PB - United Nations, PP - New York : PY - 2009. N1 - "ST/ESA/SER.A/292" N1 - "United Nations Publication Sales No. E.10.XIII.4"--T.p. verso. N1 - "Economic & Social Affairs"--Cover. ID - 346166 KW - Adoption KW - Adoption SN - 9789211514667 (pbk.) SN - 9211514665 (pbk.) TI - Child adoption :trends and policies / ER -