I note that New Zealand came in third behind Norway and Australia the New Zealand Herald http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10685680
covered the story
” Other high achievers are the United States (4th), Ireland (5th), Liechtenstein (6th), the Netherlands (7th), Canada (8th), Sweden (9th) and Germany (10th).
Mozambique (165th), Burundi (166th), Niger (167th), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (168th) and Zimbabwe (169th) were at the bottom of the index.
The Human Development Report 2010 was released today by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Development Programme Administrator, and former New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark.
Helen Clark said the report showed that people today were healthy, wealthier and better educated than before. ”
I think Clark has got it about right but Zimbabwe is a tragedy. It should be one of the richest nations in Africa. I have friends who have escaped to South Africa where they live illegally. I met them on MySpace and have a chat regularly with one woman on YM. She slips across the border to take money back to her parents. Only the most naive will fail to work out her job. I don’t judge some times people have to survive any way they can. I do judge Robert Mugabe. He should face a court.
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