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Our Changing World: The Coffee Effect

Our Changing World: The Coffee Effect

Welcome to INSPIRE geoportal Moshe Adler: Cuba by the Numbers Fidel Castro recently told The Atlantic that the Cuban model does not work anymore, not even for Cuba. But according to statistics collected by none other than the CIA, the Cuban model has actually worked very well. Cubans do much better than the citizens of all their neighboring Caribbean and Central American states by all kinds of measures. Castro and the CIA have vastly different perspectives. Half a million workers constitute about 10 percent of the Cuban labor force, a percentage figure roughly equal to the rate of unemployment in the U.S. The first indication that Cuba was starting to shift to a managerial worldview came in 2008, when Raul Castro announced the end of egalitarian pay and its replacement with “productivity”-based pay. The Cuban government has shifted to the managerial worldview, and so have American newspapers. According to the CIA, 19 percent of Cubans work in industry, while according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in the U.S. this rate is only 17 percent.

StatPlanet – Visualisation interactive de données par le biais d Des améliorations sont régulièrement apportées à StatPlanet. Vérifiez régulièrement le site web pour les mises à jour et les nouvelles fonctionnalités. Pour de plus amples informations, contactez Frank van Cappelle. Plus de 300 indicateurs de développement internationaux La base de données de StatPlanet comprend des données démographiques, d'éducation, de santé, d’environnement et des indicateurs socio-économiques provenant des sources suivantes: Vous pouvez également ajouter vos propres données en utilisant StatPlanet - Map Maker. A propos de StatPlanet StatPlanet est un logiciel gratuit pour la création de visualisation hautement interactive de données aux échelles nationales et régionales. Le programme de recherche StatPlanet (la conception, la mise au point et le développement) a été lancé en 2005 par Frank van Cappelle. Les fonctionnalités de StatPlanet - Télécharger le PDF Des cartes interactives: Fenêtre de graphique: Fenêtre des indicateurs: Fenêtre de sélection: Fenêtre de tableau:

Karen Lee Wald: Cuba From the Other Side - Book Review I first learned of Keith Bolender’s book “Voices From the Other Side: An Oral History of Terrorism Against Cuba” when the author reached out to me after reading an article I’d written on Luis Posada Carriles in The Rag blog. The article, “The Puppies That Got Away,” was based on an interview with a woman who almost became a victim, along with three children she was caring for, in one of the hotels Posada’s thugs bombed in 1997. The title came from the coded message used by one of Posada’s hired killers in an earlier bombing that destroyed a passenger plane in flight, killing all aboard. The telephone message was “A bus with 73 dogs went over a cliff and all perished.” Bolender thought I might be interested in his book, an oral history, like mine, taken from many of the survivors of the 50-plus years of terrorism against Cuba waged by the United States and Cuba’s former ruling class. I was. “Voices From the Other Side” does this. By Keith Bolender Pluto Press, 224 pages

La population en cartes Crédits Conception : Gilles Pison, Hélène Mathian, Christine Plumejeaud, Jérôme Gensel, l'équipe web de l'InedRéalisation : OpixidoSources statistiques : Nations Unies, projections de population mondiale ( ) Une animation de l'Institut national d'études démographiques, conçue en partenariat avec le Groupe Hypercarte (Laboratoire Géographie-Cités du CNRS et des Universités Paris 1 et Paris 7 et Laboratoire d'informatique de Grenoble - Université Joseph Fourier) CUBA – poorest of the healthy A decade ago I lectured to the staff of the Ministry of Health in Cuba. After my talk the Minister happily said, this graphs showed that Cuba is the healthiest of the poor countries! On the way out a young staff member whispered in my ear: - He is wrong, Cuba is just the poorest of the healthy countries. Gapminder World describes that both were right, www.bit.ly/l02EOP People in Cuba has the same life span as Chile, Portugal, South Korea, Greece and USA. Hans Rosling

eAtlas of Gender is launched Gender equality matters for development The education and health levels of women and girls have improved greatly over the years. But in many parts of the world, women are still dying in childbirth, or not being born at all, at alarming rates. Women continue to lack voice and decision-making ability in the household and in society; and, their economic opportunities remain very constrained. This inequality is manifestly unfair. It is also bad economics: under-investing in girls and women puts a brake on poverty reduction and limits economic and social development. eAtlas of Gender The new World Bank eAtlas of Gender, the latest in a suite of user-friendly, interactive electronic atlases, allows users to map and graph dozens of gender indicators over time and across countries. To access the eAtlas of Gender, go to data.worldbank.org/atlas-gender Little Data Book on Gender This pocket guide has just been released and is a quick reference on gender statistics.

Human Development Reports (HDR) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 2015 World Population Interactive Map Download: 2015 World Population Data Sheet (PDF: 2.5MB) Explore: Digital Visualization Read: Data Show Gains For Women, But More Progress Needed Teach: Lesson Plan Disclaimer Due to their size, the following countries and territories are not represented on the map: Faro Island, Denmark; Gibraltar; Hong Kong SAR; Liechtenstein; Maldives; Monaco; San Marino; St. Helena Island; and Vatican City. Notes The Data Sheet lists all geopolitical entities with populations of 150,000 or more and all members of the UN. Sub-Saharan Africa: All countries of Africa except the northern African countries of Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara. World and Regional Totals: Regional population totals are independently rounded and include small countries or areas not shown. World Population Data Sheets from different years should not be used as a time series. Sources

Human Development Index - Top 30 Countries with high human development Norway, Australia and the Netherlands lead the Human Development Index (HDI) rankings in 2011, while the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Niger and Burundi are at the bottom. Each year since 1990 the Human Development Report has published the Human Development Index (HDI) which was introduced as an alternative to conventional measures of national development. The HDI represents a broader definition of well-being and provides a composite measure of three basic dimensions of human development: health, education and income. The latest HDI report is from 2011 with emphasis on Sustainability and Equity, titled: A Better Future for All. Definitions:Human Development Index (HDI): A composite index measuring average achievement in three basic dimensions of human development-a long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of living. GNI per capita rank minus HDI rank: Difference in rankings by GNI per capita and by the HDI.

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