At a time when it appears revealed truths, beliefs and opinions are increasingly privileged in public and political debate,there was always Hans…
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Category: Population
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Moving
Mapping the world’s immigration flows, by country-by-country.
Some notes about Australia:
By these estimates, Australia’s net immigration is negative with every country in the world, except for a small positive immigration balance with Sudan.
Australia is the only country in the world to have significant positive net immigration with the US.
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Don’t Panic: How to End Poverty in 15 Years
The Middle…
Once again, Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institute and co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation, reminding us [ with data] just how much development has occurred across the globe in just 200 years.
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Harsh Reality..The World is Better!
Confirmation bias, idealogical/doctrinaire policy “imperatives” or good-old special interests are all part of what contributes to our sense of progress in the human condition.
Max Roser is a James Martin Fellow researching income inequality and inclusive growth at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford Martin School. Roser asks the question:
Is it actually true that we are building a better world? Or are those who claim that things are always getting worse the ones in the right? Whether we’re discussing the way of the world over a pint in the pub or dissecting the issues at an academic conference, it’s a topic that lingers constantly: how is the world changing?
Roser points out in a series of research that:
- incomes are growing in all parts of the world,
- world poverty is declining rapidly
- and that the poorest countries now have the highest growth!
[ Human Development – Source: Max Roser via Prados de la Escosura (2014) – CC BY-SA License Roser’s response in unequivocal.
The answers to my initial questions are very clear. The evidence shows that we are becoming less violent and increasingly more tolerant, that we are leading healthier lives, are better fed, and that poverty around the world is declining rapidly. Taking these facts into account paints a very positive picture of how the world is changing.
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Close the Gap
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People can expect to live up to 10-17 years less than non-Indigenous Australians. The appalling state of Indigenous health has many causes.
The mortality rates for Indigenous Australians is on par with some of the world’s most impoverished nations. The United Nations Report, The State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (2009) indicated Australia and Nepal have the world’s worst life expectancy gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
More than 150,000 Australians are expected to take part in National Close the Gap Day today. This type of support for Indigenous health equality has been central in getting Australian governments to prioritise Indigenous health over the last few years.
Working in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is one of the critical success factors. With continued support from the public, we can ensure the Australian Government continues to work with Indigenous communities, recommit additional funding and invest in real partnerships.
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Shanghai – Then and Now
A fascinating photo-essay in the current The Atlantic, featuring Reuters photographer Carlos Barria’s amazing shots, recreating the same framing and perspective as a photograph taken in 1987, showing what a difference 26 years can make in the life of a city.
Shanghai 1987 and 2013 – Carlos Barria -Reuters Follow the links to see the full animation on the Reuters website.
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- The Atlantic – 26 Years of Growth: Shanghai Then and Now
- Carlos Barria – Reuters Shanghai Staff photographer
- Shangahi – China
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22,999,000 and counting
Australia’s population will reach a “projected” twenty three million today, Tuesday 23rd April 2013.
22,999,515
Those working in regional development, government and community understand the strategic challenges and opportunities changes in population and demographics brings.
On a personal note, we contributed to this total exactly sixteen years ago today!! [Grin]
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This projection is based on the estimated resident population at 30 September 2012 and assumes growth since then of:
- one birth every 1 minute and 44 seconds,
- one death every 3 minutes and 32 seconds ,
- a net gain of one international migration every 2 minutes and 19 seconds, leading to
- an overall total population increase of one person every 1 minute and 23 seconds .
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