Despite the thriving levels of growth of India’s economy in the last decade, the national levels of poverty and inequality are among the highest in the international ambit, and the country remains below the world average across a number of socioeconomic indicators (see for example, the World Development Indicators 2007 of the World Bank). From [...]
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What percentage of the population would you be in a 100-people world?
Posted in Your not so common life, tagged 100-people world, inequality on 04/10/2008 | Leave a Comment »
Many of us have seen a version of the 100-people world, for me, the one created by the Miniature Earth Project is the most complete (stats-wise) and best designed. It was inspired in Donella Meadows‘ “Who lives in the Global Village?” a 1000-people version published in 1990. I appreciate this type of endeavors since they [...]
