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More Evidence of an Improving World – HDI

Mar 18, 2016

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in Demography, Economic Development, Globalization, Great Divergence, International Affairs, Poverty, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

The world is becoming a better place. It is not a utopia. We are not without substantial challenges. But we are becoming (as in movement along a trajectory) better (as in measurably improved according to a standard.) The Human Development Index is a United Nations measure of well-being combining income, literacy, education, and life expectancy…

We may be witnessing an African economic miracle

Apr 25, 2013

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in Africa, Economic Development, Education, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income

The Irish Times: We may be witnessing an African economic miracle … By almost every measure – of health, wealth and education – and for most of its people, life in Africa is getting better. All of these developments are perhaps best encapsulated by the UN’s Human Development Index. Over decades, that organisation has measured…

Prosperity Isn’t Just a Matter of Wealth

Nov 2, 2012

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in Demography, Economics, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Foreign Policy: Prosperity Isn't Just a Matter of Wealth Man does not live by GDP alone. An introduction to the Legatum Institute's latest Prosperity Index. It doesn't take a degree from Oxford to understand that a nation's average income — even after adjustments for purchasing power, to make international comparisons more relevant — is an…

Corrosive Corruption

Dec 20, 2011

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in Crime, Economic Development

Economist: Corrosive Corruption A correlation between corruption and development THE use of public office for private gain benefits a powerful few while imposing costs on large swathes of society. Transparency International's annual Corruption Perceptions Index, published on December 1st, measures the perceived levels of public-sector graft by aggregating independent surveys from across the globe. Just five non-OECD countries…

Deconstructing development

Nov 7, 2011

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in Demography, Poverty, Sociology

Economist: Deconstructing development Breaking down the constituents of the human development index The UN released its new edition of its human development report on November 2nd. The report contains an index which is seen by many as an alternative way of measuring countries' prosperity and well-being. It is composed of three equally-weighted parts: health (through life expectancy…

How selected American states compare to various countries (on the Human Development Index)

Nov 16, 2010

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in Economics, Health and Medicine, International Affairs

The Economist: Nation states THE human development index (HDI) is an attempt to give a snapshot of a country's success by combining three important indicators: health, education and wealth. The most recent global HDI ranking from the United Nations' Development Programme places Norway top, with the United States fourth (out of 169 countries). But with…

Where quality of life has improved most since 1990

Oct 7, 2009

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in Demography, Economic Development, Education, Europe, Health and Medicine, International Affairs, Poverty

The Economist: Healthier, wealthier and wiser Where quality of life has improved most since 1990. NORWEGIANS live the best lives in the world, according to the UNDP's “Human development index” published on Monday October 5th. Rich western countries as usual score well in the UN's measure of health, education and wealth data for 2007. But…

The best of all possible worlds?

Aug 7, 2009

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in Demography, Economic Development, Economics, Health and Medicine, International Affairs, Trends: Social

The Economist: The best of all possible worlds? It was once a rule of demography that people have fewer children as their countries get richer. That rule no longer holds true. ONE of the paradoxes of human biology is that the rich world has fewer children than the poor world. In most species, improved circumstances…

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