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> Here's our prediction: By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world. Yes, a few unhappy countries will be held back by war, political rea
by joelrunyon 13y ago
> Here's our prediction: By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world. Yes, a few unhappy countries will be held back by war, political realities (such as North Korea) or geography (such as landlocked states in central Africa). But every country in South America, Asia and Central America (except perhaps Haiti) and most in coastal Africa will have become middle-income nations. More than 70% of countries will have a higher per-person income than China does today.
Woah - I would love to see some data visualization of this. If that's true - that's really, really something.
- tokenadult 13y agoI would love to see some data visualization of this. Hans Rosling, who runs the Gapminder website, produces some great visualizations of world economic trends. "The River of Myths" (a famous visualization, short) http://www.gapminder.org/videos/the-river-of-myths/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/the-river-of-myths/ "DON’T PANIC — The Facts About Population" (an hour-long documentary, including interesting visualizations) http://www.gapminder.org/videos/dont-panic-the-facts-about-population/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/dont-panic-the-facts-about-p...