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From: "Gautam Mukunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 10:19 PM
Subject: RE: An Interview in Pakistan



> Me:
> No, I mean that India is a wealthy country compared to Pakistan.  The
> poverty doesn't approach the same levels.

Well, being a numbers guy, I looked it up at :
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/


                              India                  Pakistan
China

Per Capita GDP     2200                  2000               3600
Growth Rate           6%                    4.8%                  8%
% in poverty           35%                  40%                 10%


I threw China in there because it is India's continental rival, and is only
a bit bigger than India.

It appears to me that, to first order, India and Pakistan are equal and very
poor.  If the difference in growth rate continues, India will pull ahead,
but I don't see light years of difference.

Dan M.

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