2013 Human Development Report

Well, now released the 2013 HDR. A must-read. Check out where in the rank your country is. For this year's report, Norway is in first place and Zimbabwe is the last one. Still many differences, many things to do so far. Do you think we should get involved in getting a better world? I think so. Small actions can make a difference.

2012 has been a quite dynamic year for me, I have been living in 3 countries, whose HDI are:

United States 3

Spain 23

Ecuador 89

You can find your country here http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR2013_EN_Statistics.pdf

I also recommend chapter 2: A more global South, where they made a thorough analysis on how the world is changing in terms of human development http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR2013_EN_Chapter2.pdf . Is the North becoming the new South?

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