- Dads and Development – David McKenzie (World Bank)
- NYMEX July crude settles 12 cents higher at $84.03/barrel ahead of Greek elections (Platts.com)
- Greek election result calms Europe for now – Sarah Turner and Sara Sjolin (MarketWatch)
Interesting Links of the Day – June 15, 2012
- One Laptop Per Child is not improving reading or math. But, are we learning enough from these evaluations? – Berk Ozler (World Bank)
- US considers exporting excess LNG – Kate Winston (Platts.com)
- Investment opportunities in Spain: The five hidden gems – Tomas Berggren (TradingFloor.com)
Interesting Links of the Day – June 14, 2012
- Eurozone crisis hitting developing world growth, warns World Bank – Larry Elliott (The Guardian)
- Wrapup of USDA Supply and Demand Report Coverage – Open Markets (CME Group)
- We have to believe we can save Spain’s banks” – Tomas Berggren – (TradingFloor.com)
Interesting Links of the Day – June 13, 2012
- India advances, but many women still trapped in dark ages – Nita Bhalla (Reuters)
- Africa land deals lead to water giveaway – Mark Tran (The Guardian)
- Sustaining Women – Kandeh K. Yumkella (Project Syndicate)
Interesting Links of the Day – June 12, 2012
- New farm bill has N.C. peanut growers crying foul – Robert Willett (The Charlotte Observer)
- USDA Report summary table – Dow Jones Newswires (Agriculture.com)
- Another Frightening Bubble In China: Cars – Wolf Richter (Business Insider)
World Malaria Day
Today is World Malaria Day, a day for recognizing the global effort to provide effective prevention and treatment of malaria. We currently have two thematic maps which help illustrate the impact of malaria on the population of our planet:
- Notified cases of malaria per 100,000 people – Note that Burundi, Timor-Leste, and Burkina Faso are the countries with the highest incidence rate.
- Percentage of children under five with fever receiving antimalarial drugs – Note that Liberia, Comoros, and the Gambia are at the top.
Learn more about the fight against malaria at the Roll Back Malaria site.
World Health Day
Today is World Health Day in commemoration of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO). Here are some country health indicators which are relevant to the state of human health in our planet.
- Life expectancy at birth
- Health spending as a percentage of GDP
- Number of physicians per 1000 people (physicians density)
- Number of hospital beds per 1000 people (hospital bed density)
Are you surprised by any of the indicators above?
World Tuberculosis Day
Thematic map of incidence of tuberculosis by country #WorldTBday indexmundi.com/facts/indicato…
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Top 10 countries with highest incidence of tuberculosis are in Africa #WorldTBday indexmundi.com/facts/indicato…
— IndexMundi (@indexmundi) March 24, 2012
Incidence of TB in South Africa in 2010 was three times higher than in 1990 #WorldTBday indexmundi.com/facts/south-af…
— IndexMundi (@indexmundi) March 24, 2012
Among BRIC countries, only Russia has not made progress lowering incidence of TB #WorldTBday indexmundi.com/facts/indicato…
— IndexMundi (@indexmundi) March 24, 2012
World Water Day
Check which countries do a better job at providing access to clean water: indexmundi.com/facts/indicato…
— IndexMundi (@indexmundi) March 23, 2012
Income Inequality in Greece
As the political situation in Greece continues to deteriorate, we decided to take a look at the income distribution statistics we have for the country. Take a look at the graph we created based on World Bank numbers:
The graph shows the income share for each quintile of the population. The top 20% has a 41.49% share of income, while the bottom 20% has a 6.74% share.
Note that all income share numbers are from the year 2000. We have not been able to locate more recent data, although the CIA World Factbook publishes GINI index numbers which are more recent.
It will be interesting to see how the distribution of income in Greece changes once the effect of the current crisis is quantified.