EL UNIVERSAL
CARACAS, Monday October 05, 2009 | Update
Venezuela moves up in the Human Development Index
Politics
Norway is leading again the world's highest quality of life, whereas Venezuela moves up to the 58th place in the list. Meanwhile, Niger is the worst place to live, according to the Human Development Index (HDI), released on Monday by the United Nations.
The data on quality of life, compiled by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and drew on statistics dating from 2007, place Australia and Iceland in the second and third place in the list, while Afghanistan and Sierra Leone are at the bottom on the index before Niger, Efe reported.
China, which is ranked 92; Colombia (77), France (8), Peru (78) and Venezuela (58) are the big gainers in terms of human development compared to 2006, due to increases in income, life expectancy or improvements in education (such as illiteracy and school enrollment).
On the Cover
IISS: The FARC financed Chávez before 1999
10:07 AM. DIPLOMACY. Admired by the Colombian guerrilla after his coup attempt in 1992, the then lieutenant colonel Hugo Chávez Frías received financial support by the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) for his projects after his capture that year. This mostly explains the relationship and "debt" between the parties, as revealed by a paper of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) of the United Kingdom.
- Read
Cómo anunciar | Suscripciones | Contáctenos | Política de privacidad
Términos legales | Condiciones de uso | Mapa del Sitio | Ayuda
El Universal - Todos los derechos reservados 2011