Mike, Yes, Nigeria were #100 on least corrupted countries and now they are #144.
US is still keeping its 17-19 position however, good, despite the Bush administration. Spain is also the same, but Sweden who had a shared 5 position with Singapore, have now fallen to 6. LOL Hakan At 05:30 30/08/2005, you wrote: >Darn, > >Nigeria has fallen out of #1. > >Hakan Falk wrote: > > >mphee, > > > >Something that I follow and found very important for evaluations and > >discussions are several public statistical reports, two of the most > >important to read is, > > > >UNDP's report on human development, > >http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/pdf/hdr04_complete.pdf > > > >and > > > >BP's energy report, > >http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_engli > sh/publications/energy_reviews_2005/STAGING/local_assets/downloads/pdf/statistical_review_of_world_energy_full_report_2005.pdf > > > > > > > >there are long links so many must copy and paste to get there. An > >other interesting report is the Global corruption report and I like > >to look at the following, > > > >http://www.globalcorruptionreport.org/gcr2005/download/english/corr > uption_research_%20I.pdf > > > > > >one interesting special is, > > > >Corruption in post-conflict reconstruction, > >http://www.globalcorruptionreport.org/gcr2005/download/english/corr > uption_post_conflict_%20rec.pdf > > > >All are very valuable background for discussions. They can take a > >long time to download if you have a slow connection, but it is > well worth it. > > > >Hakan > > > > > > > > > >At 17:22 29/08/2005, you wrote: > > > > > >>The econmic meltdown doesn't scare me as much as the next world war. > >> > >>The economy has had meltdowns before and it will again. I > believe the US is > >>resourcful enough to come back. Though our great dependacy on foreign oil > >>could make that a lot harder. > >> > >>As oil is depleted more and more there will be maneuvering by countries to > >>retain/adquire/secure the last reserves. Is it completely > outside the realm > >>of possiblities that's why we're in iraq. China's army out numbers us at > >>least 2 to 1, but not as advanced and trained. India's army is > becoming more > >>advanced all the time. Both of which are a lot closer than us to > the middle > >>east. Give them 10-20 years. > >> > >>US has dug a pretty deep hole. Carter had put in new CAFE > (milage requiremnts > >>for cars/trucks) requiremnts that Reagan through out. If they > had stayed it > >>could have greatly reduced our dependancy on oil. Transportation > uses 74% of > >>the 20+ mbbls we use a day of oil. > >> > >> > >> > >>On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 07:16:11 -0700 (PDT), Kirk McLoren wrote > >> > >> > >>>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,16416680, > >>>00.html > >>>--------------------------------- > >>>Print this page > >>>Dumping of US dollar could trigger 'economic September 11' > >>>There is a potentially fatal flaw at the heart of the global > >>>economy: the strong possibility of financial meltdown following a > >>>collapse of confidence in the greenback, Clyde Prestowitz tells > >>>Bruce Stannard 29aug05 > >>> > >>>THE nightmare scenario that haunts global strategist Clyde > >>>Prestowitz is an economic September 11 -- a worldwide financial > >>>panic triggered by a sudden massive sell-off of US dollars that > >>>would lead inexorably to the collapse of economies around the world. > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Biofuel mailing list > >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
