On Tuesday, October 12, 1999 at 06:23:51 (-0700) Brad De Long writes: >>[Jim Blaut writes:] >>... >>Allowing for exceptions, the great mass of people in "the poorer regions of >>the world" are not enjoying any development. >... > >Well let's pick five countries from the poorer regions of the world >at random... Zambia... India... Botswana... Egypt... Cuba... >... >GDP per Capita (1987 US $) >... >Looks like (from GDP per capita measures) that development has taken >place in Egypt, Botswana, and India: three out of five... >... >Under Five Mortality Rate (per thousand) >... >Looks like development has taken place in four out of five... >... >United Nations Human Development Index >... >Looks like development has taken place in at least four out of five >(albeit little development in Zambia). >... Absolutely none of this contradicts Jim's assertion. Bill
