82% of the world's smokers now live in developing countries
The world's illegal drugs market is worth $150bn a year - the same as the world's pharmaceutical industry
10% of the world is at war
One B2 Bomber costs more than the UN's annual budget
24.5 million people in Africa are HIV positive
Cars kill 2 people every minute in the developed world
Get the facts - and the background - on the issues that make the news and shape our world. 50 Facts That Should Change
the World has a simple aim: to make people think twice about the world in which they live. Jessica Williams provides an
unashamedly popular but serious, original and angry survey of life on planet Earth - and a powerful antidote to the idea
that individuals can do nothing to change it.
50 Facts That Should Change the World Jessica Williams Published by Icon Books and distributed in New Zealand by Allen & Unwin
Jessica Williams grew up in New Zealand, before moving to London in 1999. She is available for interview from the UK. If
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Kind regards Gillian
Gillian Hughes, Publicist