There is great variation in views on and treatment of minorities such as gay men across the world. We are the first to …-country dataset covering 110 countries, the Gay Happiness Index. It covers how gays perceive public opinion about them, how they … public opinion and behavior in a pro-gay direction, while religion and living in a post-communist country exert a negative …

The 2013 Human Development Report – "The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World" – examines the profound … shift in global dynamics driven by the fast-rising new powers of the developing world and its long-term implications for … human development.China has already overtaken Japan as the world's second biggest economy while lifting hundreds of millions …