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2003-07-24 Africa: Southern

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-07-24 08:34|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Here's the top and bottom ten, data is from 2001:
World's most developed:
1. Norway
2. Iceland
3. Sweden
4. Australia
5. Netherlands
6. Belgium
7. United States
8. Canada
9. Japan
10. Switzerland
World's least developed:
166. Guinea-Bissau
167. Dem. Republic of Congo
168. Central African Republic
169. Ethiopia
170. Mozambique
171. Burundi
172. Mali
173. Bukina Faso
174. Niger
175. Sierra Leone
Source: UN Human Development Report 2003

Posted by Steve 2003-7-24 10:06:15 AM|| 2003-7-24 10:06:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 watch - the typical UN response will be to force the escapees back and prevent others from leaving Bob and Grace's fiefdom

Posted by Frank G 2003-7-24 11:24:36 AM|| 2003-7-24 11:24:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Bet if you'd posted the bottom fifty, 40 of them would have been African nations. Too much colonialism, too little real preparation for independence, tribal (vs national) loyalties, graft, corruption, and looting by the government... Africa is not a pretty picture.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-7-24 1:37:31 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-7-24 1:37:31 PM|| Front Page Top

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