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[Feed] The Countries Where Human Progress Is Fastest and Slowest The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) published its annual Human Development Report, which focuses on human vulnerability worldwide, last week. In measuring progress of human development, the report ranked 187 countries based on indicators such as longevity, education and standard of living. Norway topped the list with very high human development, followed by Australia, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United States. See also: The 20 Most Socially Progressive Countries in the World The five countries with the lowest human development — Sierra Leone, Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Niger — are all located in sub-Saharan Africa, where the population is growing rapidly, theres great disparity between the rich and the poor, and the standard of living remains well below the global average. Read more... More about Social Good, United Nations, Us World, World, and Us And World
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 06:41:55 +0000

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