Editions
- The 1st edition, initiated in 1972 and published in 1976, has one volume entitled Yearbook of World Problems and Human Potential, comprising thirteen sections, several of which have not appeared in subsequent editions.
- The 2nd edition, initiated in 1983 and published in 1986, has the new definitive title Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential. It is still a single volume (published, this time only, as volume 4 of the Yearbook of International Organizations), but it has a different set of sections, and because it is printed on thin paper with a special world award winning typesetting, the book is equivalent to several normal volumes.
- The 3rd edition, initiated in 1988 and published in 1991, has two volumes: World Problems (vol. 1), and Human Potential (vol. 2).
- The 4th edition, initiated in 1992 and published in 1994–1995, has three volumes: World Problems (vol. 1), Human Potential – Transformation and Values (vol.2), Actions – Strategies – Solutions (vol. 3). A CD-ROM version, Encyclopedia Plus, is also published.
- The online edition, initiated in 1997 and completed in 2000, is freely available. It may be noted that a gigantic "Questions database" was added in 2006, but removed shortly after to reduce server burden. For the future, it can be seen on the UIA website that a participative and interactive process is in place, which might allow eventually, in accordance with the often expressed intentions of the editors, to develop the online Encyclopedia in a continuous manner.
- Here is a table showing the number of entries for certain topics in the various editions.
| 1st edition 1976 | 2nd edition 1986 | 3rd edition 1991 | 4th edition 1994-5 | Online edition 2000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Problems | 7,444 | 10,233 | 13,167 | 12,203 | 56,564 |
| Human Development | 288 | 1,596 | 4,051 | 4,456 | 4,817 |
| Values | 704 | 2,270 | 2,270 | 3,254 | 3,257 |
| Strategies | 0 | 8,335 | 0 | 29,542 | 32,547 |
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“The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic. There will, perhaps, be a Thucydides at Boston, a Xenophon at New York, and, in time, a Virgil at Mexico, and a Newton at Peru. At last, some curious traveller from Lima will visit England and give a description of the ruins of St. Paul’s, like the editions of Balbec and Palmyra.”
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