3 days ago by newsbird

USA has fallen behind 12 countries in human development based on 2007 data in the 2009 report. I don’t like that the GDP per capita is used as a measure of comparing one country to another. Countries which have rich natural resources such as oil will rate higher while average and median incomes may ...

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7 days ago by Virginia Patriot

In an effort to convince Pakistan to raise taxes on its impoverished masses, Secretary of State Clinton Read more ...

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10 days ago by stockresearch52

The 2009 Legatum Prosperity Index published and compiled by the Legatum Institute, an independent policy, advocacy and advisory organization, ranked 104 countries which are home to 90 percent of the world’s population. “The Legatum Prosperity Index is the world’s only global assessment of wealth and ...

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11 days ago by johnmeld

Armenia remained ahead of three of its four neighbors in the United Nations’ latest index of people’s well-being around the world. The Human Development Index (HDI), based on 2007 data, rated 182 countries in terms of their Gross Domestic Product per capita, life expectancy, access to healthcare and ...

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11 days ago by stbideas

The UNDP released its 2009 edition of the Human Development Report recently with Nigeria ranked 158th out of 182 countries below Uganda and Lesotho and ahead of Togo, Malawi and Niger. Norway was ranked no. 1 on the list for the 7th time. The Statistics for Nigeria are below: Ranked 147th in Life Ex ...

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16 days ago by Abhijit

Singapore has the highest immigration ratio after Hong Kong and the Gulf countries among the 38 countries with “very high human development”. America, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Britain trail far behind — not on development but in the immigration ratio. This is according to the United Nation ...

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20 days ago by Daniel J. Smith

http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2009/05/against_the_hum.html

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21 days ago by guyjin

The latest issue of the annual UN Human Development Index (HDI) from the UN Development Program shows Japan in 10th place in the world. This places it 3 places above the US, but 8 spots below my home country of Australia (see the top 15 ranked countries below). The Japan Times highlighted this repor ...

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23 days ago by xnoxcluex

As anyone that has gone onto Yahoo! knows, the Human Development Index is out. The HDI is usually considered the most ‘official’ ranking of livability of countries. Highest: Lowest 1. Norway 172. Moxambique 2. Australia 173. Guinea-Bissau 3. Iceland 174. Brurndi 4. Canada (FUCKING EH ) 175. Chad 5. ...

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27 days ago by jakarta45

Antara Bantuan dan Investasi Sosial KOMPAS, Senin, 12 Oktober 2009 | 02:45 WIB Oleh Razali Ritonga Laporan Pembangunan Manusia tahun 2009 yang diluncurkan di Bangkok tanggal 5 Oktober menyebutkan bahwa peringkat pembangunan manusia Indonesia berada di urutan ke-111 dari 182 negara. Dibandingkan deng ...

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