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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 27 2007, 08:48 AM (309 Views) | |
| kyyankgrrl | Nov 27 2007, 08:48 AM Post #1 |
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Iceland has overtaken Norway as the world's most desirable country to live in, according to an annual U.N. table published on Tuesday that again puts AIDS-afflicted sub-Saharan African states at the bottom. Rich free-market countries dominate the top places, with Iceland, Norway, Australia, Canada and Ireland the first five but the United States slipping to 12th place from eighth last year in the U.N. Human Development Index. But the index, blending 2005 figures for life expectancy, educational levels and real per capita income, finds that all 22 countries falling into its "low human development" category are in sub-Saharan Africa, with Sierra Leone last. In 10 of these countries, two children in five will not reach the age of 40, said the compilers at the U.N. Development Program. Last year's report said HIV/AIDS had had a "catastrophic effect" on life expectancy in the region. The index ranks 175 U.N. member countries plus Hong Kong and the Palestinian territories. It does not include 17 countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia, because of inadequate data. Norway had held top spot for six years but was edged into second place by Iceland this year because of new life expectancy estimates and updated figures for gross domestic product, or GDP, the report said. U.N. officials played down the significance of minor short-term shifts in the rankings including the slide in the U.S. position. They said if subsequent data for the year in question been available for last year's report, the United States would have been in 10th, not eighth place. The United States scores high on real per capita GDP, which at $41,890 is second only to that of Luxembourg ($60,228), but less well on life expectancy -- joint last in the top 26 countries, along with Denmark and South Korea, at 77.9 years. Japanese have the longest life expectancy -- 82.3 years -- and Zambians the lowest, at 40.5. The report said most countries had seen their human development index rise over the last 30 years, but in 16 it was lower than in 1990, and in three -- the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Zimbabwe -- lower than in 1975. Per capita GDP is 45 times higher in Iceland than in Sierra Leone. The United Nations has published its human development index every year since 1990. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071127/lf_nm_...opment_index_dc ********** One must wonder how those African nations would rank if there had never been colonialism and the theft of so many of their natural resources. |
![]() Sig by Detroittigerfan28 In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman. - Margaret Thatcher I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog that growls every morning, a parrot that swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night - Marie Corelli (19th century author) Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. - Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
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| Element | Nov 27 2007, 03:09 PM Post #2 |
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Probably still hella low. If there hadn't been colonialism, then how the hell would they have made advancements that Europeans brought with them. Yeah there were negative effects, but it is frustrating when people fail to see the good. |
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| TheHugeUnit | Nov 27 2007, 03:13 PM Post #3 |
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Come on CC
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Seems like they are the ones killing themselves over diamonds. |
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| kyyankgrrl | Nov 28 2007, 12:23 AM Post #4 |
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That's debatable. The earliest civilizations were in Africa. Pre-European-invasion Africa. And THU...who owns those diamond mines??? |
![]() Sig by Detroittigerfan28 In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman. - Margaret Thatcher I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog that growls every morning, a parrot that swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night - Marie Corelli (19th century author) Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. - Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
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| Rockshu | Nov 28 2007, 12:24 AM Post #5 |
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I own a couple. |
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| TheHugeUnit | Nov 28 2007, 09:37 AM Post #6 |
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Come on CC
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Rockshu? |
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| Bloss | Nov 28 2007, 11:47 AM Post #7 |
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Hmm i wonder where America would rank if the Britsh never came and Colonized us? |
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| Rockshu | Nov 28 2007, 12:37 PM Post #8 |
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Just on the side though. I spend most of my time supplying political renegades with armaments. |
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| Element | Nov 28 2007, 10:33 PM Post #9 |
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Um, that doesn't mean they are advanced. Civilizations in South America were way more advanced, |
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| TheHugeUnit | Nov 28 2007, 10:45 PM Post #10 |
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Come on CC
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I've never been to Africa, but I don't think they all go around with spears anymore shitting on the ground and wiping their asses with their hands and then eating with their hands. I could be wrong though. I think it was the Peter, the apostle, who preached going to Africa to help them build stuff and teach them about the bible. I'd really like to know how kyy thinks Africa would be right now if it was left alone. |
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| Element | Nov 29 2007, 12:09 AM Post #11 |
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THU, it would be a total oasis if the horrid 'white man' never set foot there. |
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