tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post116374612200577183..comments2024-03-27T15:47:17.599+04:00Comments on UAE Community Blog: 2006 Human Development Reportsecretdubaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115610824191031176noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1163837866888908292006-11-18T12:17:00.000+04:002006-11-18T12:17:00.000+04:00i was in oslo earlier this year.. my hosts were am...i was in oslo earlier this year.. my hosts were amazing and the place is very very beautiful..<BR/><BR/>still - i dont know if i'd want to live there..Lirunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165940866092660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1163794896929813872006-11-18T00:21:00.000+04:002006-11-18T00:21:00.000+04:00phewy we went down 8 notches!phewy we went down 8 notches!Mrs. Azucenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076863763254707135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1163765025043234682006-11-17T16:03:00.000+04:002006-11-17T16:03:00.000+04:00The ranking part of the report starts on page 283....The ranking part of the report starts on page 283. Each country has scores in several areas. The Human development index (HDI) is the total. Kuwait's was 0.871, UAE's 0.839.<BR/><BR/>The other areas are: <BR/>Life expectancy at birth (Kuwait 77.1, UAE 78.3) <BR/><BR/>Adult literacy rate (ages 15+) (Kuwait 93.3%, UAE 77%), <BR/><BR/>Combined gross enrollment ratio<BR/>for primary, secondary and tertiary schools (Kuwait: 73%, UAE: 60)<BR/><BR/>GDP per capita<BR/>(Kuwait US$19,384, UAE US$24,056)<BR/><BR/>Life expectancy index (Kuwait: 0.87, UAE: 0.89)<BR/><BR/>Education index (Kuwait: 0.87, UAE: 0.71)<BR/><BR/>GDP index (Kuwait: 0.88, UAE: 0.92)<BR/><BR/>So pretty clearly the standards being used are penalizing the UAE for the educational/literacy level.<BR/><BR/>The GDP per capita rank minus HDI rank is pretty interesting too. If I understand what they are doing with it, it is the number of ranking places that each country gained or lost based on non-GDP factors. For example, the US lost 6 places, from #2 to #8. Kuwait gained two places and the UAE lost 25, which was the biggest drop in the High Human Development category. So without those, the UAE would have been 24 and Kuwait 35.Brnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242601851481279077noreply@blogger.com