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Africa’s population, now more than one billion, is the world’s fastest growing. It is also the youngest. The region’s population has quadrupled in the last fifty years and is predicted to double again, to two billion, by mid-century. It is steadily becoming more urbanized. Also likely, though, is that this population increase will prove to be more

Je crois que les derniers à sortir de l’extrême pauvreté seront les fermiers les plus pauvres, ceux qui vivent sur des terres à bas rendement, et au milieu ou à proximité de conflits militaires. Cela représente aujourd’hui probablement 200 millions de personnes, dont seulement un peu plus de la moitié vivent en Afrique. Il est certain que leurs per

La factualité, c’est… reconnaître quand un chiffre isolé a l’air impressionnant (petit ou grand), et se rappeler qu’on pourrait avoir l’impression opposée en le comparant ou bien en le divisant avec d’autres chiffres. Pour contrôler l’instinct de la taille, remettez les choses en proportion.

Malaria is far from the only problem that diminishes with wealth and economic growth. In the United States, one of the world’s richest countries, 993 out of every 1,000 children born survive to the age of 5. In Liberia, one of the world’s poorest countries, only about 765 children survive to age 5 (i.e., 235 of every 1,000 children die before seein

More than 80 million Americans now have access to their health records via Blue Button.

Globalization defines wealth in terms of monetary measures, discuss what an alternative definition of wealth might be.

If growth is the indicator for economic health what would the indicator(s) be for an alternative economic system?

If US politicians want to make fact-based decisions, they should be driven not by ideology but by the numbers. And if I were to choose where to live, I would choose based not on ideology but on what a country delivers to its people.