trends and policies United Nations Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division United Nations Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs. text xxu New York United Nations 2009 2010 monographic eng xix, 463 p. graphs, tables 28 cm. History and evolution of modern adoption laws -- Adoption in religious law and in traditional societies -- Key features of modern adoption laws -- International, regional and bilateral agreements on intercountry adoption -- Levels and trends in child adoptions -- The characteristics of adoptive children, adoptive parents and birth parents -- The demand for and availability of adoptable children -- A framework for furthering the study of adoption. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. At head of title: Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. "References for country profiles" : p. 369-395. Annexes (p. [356]-463) : 1. Derivation of global estimates of total, domestic and intercountry adoptions -- 2. References for country profiles -- 3. Annex tables. "United Nations publication sales no. E.10.XIII.4"--T.p. verso. "Economic & Social Affairs"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references and index. Adoption ST/ESA/SER.A/292 9789211514667 PUCPR 100713 20160527183422.0 298429