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Estimated Earned Income, by Country, 2005

(in U.S. dollars) Roughly derived on the basis of the ratio of the female nonagricultural wage to the male nonagricultural wage, the female and male shares of the economically active population,…

Per Capita Health Expenditures by Country, 2007

The sum of public and private expenditure (in purchasing power parity terms in US dollars), divided by the population. Health expenditure includes the provision of health services (preventive and…

Per Capita Health Expenditures by Country, 2006

The sum of public and private expenditure (in purchasing power parity terms in US dollars), divided by the population. Health expenditure includes the provision of health services (preventive and…

Top Ten Most Polluted Places in the World

This Top Ten list was compiled by the Technical Advisory Board of the Blacksmith Institute, an environmental NGO based in New York. The criteria used in ranking include the size of the affected…

Top Ten Most Polluted Places in the World, 2007

This Top Ten list was compiled by the Technical Advisory Board of the Blacksmith Institute, an environmental NGO based in New York. The criteria used in ranking include the size of the affected…

1997 News of the World: Africa

1997 News of the World Africa has been experiencing one of its most violent periods since the Colonial era, with fighting taking place in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Congo Republic…

Thabo Mbeki

In honor of South Africa's Freedom Day, a profile of the President by Paul Evenson & Beth Rowen Thabo Mbeki succeeded Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa in 1999. Mbeki faces serious…

Librarian--International Health

Gretl Cox Tell us about your work---what do you do? I am a librarian and work in a "special library", a library that specializes in a certain subject. Mine is a…

Percent of Undernourished Populations, by Country

People whose food intake is chronically insufficient to meet their minimum energy requirements.Country1990–19912001–20032002–2004Country1990–19912001–20032002–2004Eritrean.a. 73%75%Bangladesh35%30%…