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cooperating for it, money and technology will be used to fight and
kill rather than to raise living standards.
Subsistence economies, like those of the nations' aboriginies,
resulted in their subjugation and doom by people with more advanced
economies that featured the division of labor, technologies, and
trade, i.e., capitalist economies. It is clear that a country with
an unfavorable geography, or culture, or economy or polity is severely
handicapped in using sufficient technological advances that increase the
wealth and living standards of its people.
Geography cannot be changed, but a country's leaders can slowly change its culture, economy and polity, and enjoy greater relative wealth. If it cannot change, then it is likely to remain poor, despite the enthusiastic and
sanguine projections of its leaders, planners and would-be leaders.
Countries with a combination of unfavorable geographies, cultures,
economies and polities that do not change are doomed to remain
relatively poor and, like beggars, will continue to depend on the
altruism and largesse of the rich.
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2001 U.N. Table(1):
Rank Country Per Capita Income
(PP US $)
1 Luxembourg 53,780
2 United States 34,320
3 Ireland 32,410
4 Iceland 29,990
5 Norway 29,620
6 Denmark 29,000
7 Switzerland 28,100
8 Netherlands 27,190
9 Canada 27,130
10 Austria 26,730
11 Belgium 25,520
12 Australia 25,370
13 Germany 25,350
14 Japan 25,130
15 Hong Kong 24,850
16 Italy 24,670
17 Finland 24,430
18 Sweden 24,180
19 Great Britain 24,160
20 France 23,990
21 Singapore 22,680
22 Cyprus 21,190
23 United Arab Emirates 20,530
24 Spain 20,150
25 Qatar 19,844
26 Israel 19,790
27 Brunei Darussalam 19,210
28 New Zealand 19,160
29 Kuwait 18,700
30 Portugal 18,150
31 Greece 17,440
32 Slovenia 17,130
33 Seychelles 17,030
34 Bahamas 16,270
35 Bahrain 16,060
36 Barbados 15,560
37 Korea, Rep. of 15,090
38 Equatorial Guinea 15,073
39 Czech Republic 14,720
40 Saudi Arabia 13,330
41 Malta 13,160
42 Hungary 12,340
43 Oman 12,040
44 Slovakia 11,960
45 Argentina 11,320
46 Saint Kitts and Nevis 11,300
47 South Africa 11,290
48 Estonia 10,170
49 Antigua and Barbuda 10,170
50 Mauritius 9,860
51 Costa Rica 9,460
52 Poland 9,450
53 Chile 9,190
54 Croatia 9,170
55 Trinidad and Tobago 9,100
56 Malaysia 8,750
57 Lithuania 8,470
58 Mexico 8,430
59 Uruguay 8,400
60 Botswana 7,820
61 Latvia 7,730
62 Belarus 7,620
63 Libya 7,570
64 Brazil 7,360
65 Namibia 7,120
66 Russian Federation 7,100
67 Colombia 7,040
68 Dominican Republic 7,020
69 Bulgaria 6,890
70 Grenada 6,740
71 Kazakhstan 6,500
72 Thailand 6,400
73 Tunisia 6,390
74 Samoa (Western) 6,180
75 Macedonia 6,110
76 Algeria 6,090
77 Iran 6,000
78 Gabon 5,990
79 Bosnia & Herzegovina 5,970
80 Turkey 5,890
81 Romania 5,830
82 Panama 5,750
83 Belize 5,690
84 Venezuela 5,670
85 Cape Verde 5,570
86 Dominica 5,520
87 St. Vincent & Gren. 5,330
88 Saint Lucia 5,260
89 El Salvador 5,260
90 Cuba 5,259
91 Paraguay 5,210
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Journalist and Story Writer Kamala Sarup is specializing in in-depth reporting and writing on Peace, Anti War, Women, Terrorism, Democracy, and Development. Some of her publications are: Women's Empowerment in(South Asia, Nepal)Booklet). Prevention of trafficking in women through media,(Book) Efforts to Prevent Trafficking in for Media Activism (Media research). Two Stories collections. Her interests include international conflict resolution, cross-cultural communication, philosophy, feminism, political, socio-economic and literature. Her current plans are to move on to humanitarian work in conflict areas in the near future. She also is experienced in organizational and community development. A meeting of jury members held on 21 March in Geneva has decided to attribute Kamala Sarup, The Conservative Voice, writer, with a Honorable Mention of International Award for Women Issue.
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new nepali yourth concerns on opportunities satya N singh | Dec 10th, 2007
hats off to u kamala..keep us know such inforamtive and driving force to understand the situation to fight and win the poverty for economic sound nation
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