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Amidst the Covid pandemic, two recently published reports did not receive the attention they normally do. The first is UNDP’s Human Development Report (HDR), published annually at this time of the year. In something like the HDR, reportage invariably focuses on India’s rank as determined by HDI (index based on life expectancy at birth, school indicators and purchasing power parity-based per capita income). Data is available with a lag for variables included in HDI computations as well as ot...

PRESS RELEASE: STRONG EUROPEAN GROWTH, COMBINED WITH NEW EU LEGISLATION ON BATTERIES, POSITIONS ECOGRAFS VERTICALLY INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENTS 12/23/2020 | 02:45pm EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields DGAP-News: EcoGraf Limited / Key word(s): Miscellaneous STRONG EUROPEAN GROWTH, COMBINED WITH NEW EU LEGISLATION ON BATTERIES, POSITIONS ECOGRAFS VERTICALLY INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENTS 2020-12-23 / 19:44 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. *23 DECEMBER 202...

Belarus ranks 53rd on global human development index An archive photo MINSK, 22 December (BelTA) - Belarus ranks 53rd on the global human development index, according to the UNDP Human Development Report 2020, BelTA learned from the UNDP Office in Belarus. The UNDP Office summed up Belarus rankings in the UNDP Human Development Report 2020 released last week. “Belarus human development index was 0.823 in 2019. The country ranks 53rd out of 189 countries, down three notches over 2018 (50th ran...

December 22, 2020 A healthcare worker at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute in Thailand. — courtesy UN Women/Pathumporn Thongking GENEVA — The UN health agency chief said on Monday that scientists have been working to understand new COVID-19 variants that have been reported in South Africa and the United Kingdom. According to news reports, more than 40 countries have now banned arrivals from the UK, because of mounting concerns over a new, more transmissible mut...

Vietnam to end 2020 on an optimistic note Monday, 2020-12-21 10:38:18  Font Size:    Font Size:     |   NDO - Although all countries in the world, including Vietnam, have seen a sharp slowdown in economic growth and other indicators, most assessments and projections of the Vietnamese economy remain fairly upbeat. Vietnam is one of the few countries that are still registering positive growth and a V-shaped economic recovery, making it one of the 16 most successful emerging economies....

“The more we allow it to spread, the more opportunity it has to change”, he added. In early 2021, $4.6 billion in additional funding will be needed to purchase COVID-19 vaccines for at least 20 per cent of low and lower middle income countries, according to the WHO chief. “This will ensure health workers and those at highest risk of severe disease are vaccinated, which is the fastest way to stabilize health systems and economies and stimulate a truly global recovery”, he said. Charting ...

This week, the powers that be in Karnataka presented a text book case of how not to improve investment climate, rather how to deter investments. The social media is rife with conspiracy theories, but the violent incidents in Kolar at the Wistron plant point out the need for a reality check of systemic fault lines. The harsh fact is you cannot win Formula 1 with the Indian avatar of the British Morris. For nearly a decade, India’s governments invested political capital to woo manufacturers of ...

Modi is popular, BJP keeps winning, but India’s indicators & global rankings are alarming Govt’s own NFHS, as well as many global non-Left institutions’ rankings have shown a drop in India’s development indicators. This will begin to hurt soon. Shekhar Gupta 19 December, 2020 8:16 am IST Text Size: A+ As this troubled year comes to an end, Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have some concerns. India is looking worse than before on many key...

quality street Ireland ranks second in world for quality of life with 12.7 years in education and life expectancy at 82.3 years IT’S official! Ireland is the second best place in the world for quality of life. The UNDP Human Development Report Index 2020 released this week placed us alongside Switzerland and just behind Norway in its list of 189 countries. 1 Ireland has risen in the rankingCredit: Getty Images - Getty Hong Kong, Iceland, Germany, Sweden, Australia, Netherlands and Denmark co...

The Edition Maldives’ choice for next frontier of human development Joint opinion editorial by UNDP Maldives Resident Representative Akiko Fujii, Minister of Economic Development Fayyaz Ismail, and Minister of Fisheries, Marine Resources, and Agriculture Zaha Waheed 18 December 2020, MVT 09:40 According to this year’s UNDP Human Development Report (HDR), Maldives has the highest material footprint per person in the South Asia region, which at 14.5 tonnes even surpasses the world average of ...