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Happiness and the Human Development Index : Australia is Not a Paradox

Leigh, Andrew - 2006

In "Happiness and the Human Development Index: The Paradox of Australia," Blanchflower and Oswald (2005) observe an … apparent puzzle: they claim that Australia ranks highly in the Human Development Index (HDI), but relatively poorly in … happiness. However, when we compare their happiness data with the HDI, Australia appears happier, not sadder, than its HDI score …

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Happiness and the Human Development Index : The Paradox of Australia

Blanchflower, David G. - 2005

According to the well-being measure known as the U.N. Human Development Index, Australia now ranks 3rd in the world and … happiness, considers implications for policymakers, and explores where Australia lies in international subjective well …, where a common language should help subjective measures to be reliable, Australia performs poorly on a range of happiness …

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Africa Development Indicators 2010: Silent and Lethal : How Quiet Corruption Undermines Africa's Development Efforts

World Bank - 2010

Reliable quantitative data are essential for understanding economic, social and governance development because it provides evidence, and evidence are crucial to set policies, monitor progress and evaluate results. Africa Development Indicators 2010 (ADI) provides the most detailed collection of...

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Sustaining gains in poverty reduction and human development in the Middle East and North Africa

Iqbal, Farrukh - 2006

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African Development Indicators 2004 : Drawn from the World Bank Africa Database

2004

African Development Indicators 2004 provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa available in one volume. It contains more than 500 macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators, covering 53 African countries with data from 1970-2002. The book is grouped into 15 chapters: background...

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Attacking poverty

Lustig, Nora (contributor); Kanbur, S. M. Ravi (contributor) - 2000

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World Development Report 1989 : Financial Systems and Development; World Development Indicators

1989

This is the twelfth in the annual series assessing major development issues. Economic growth rates among the developing countries have varied considerably. The external environment has had an adverse impact on growth, but domestic policies have been more important. Countries striving to adjust...

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World Development Report 1985 : International Capital and Economic Development; World Development Indicators

1985

This report focuses on the contribution that international capital makes to economic development. While the report pays close attention to the events of the recent past, it also places the use of foreign capital in a broader and longer-term perspective. Using such a perspective, the report shows...

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World Development Report 1984 : Recovery or Relapse in the World Economy? Population Change and Development; Population Data Supplement; World Development Indicators

1984

Long-term needs and sustained effort are underlying themes in this year's report. As with most of its predecessors, it is divided into two parts. The first looks at economic performance, past and prospective. The second part is this year devoted to population - the causes and consequences of...

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World Development Report 1983 : World Economic Recession and Prospects for Recovery; Management in Development; World Development Indicators

1983

This report is the sixth in an annual series assessing development issues. It reviews recent trends in the international economy and their implications for the developing countries with a special focus on the management and institutional aspects of development. The early recovery in the world...

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