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The Middle... Once again, Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institute and co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation, reminding us [ with data] just how much development has occurred across the globe in just 200 years. https://youtu.be/_JhD37gSNVU Links BBC2 - This world, Don't Panic - How to End Poverty in 15 Years. GapMinder Global Health 2007…
Confirmation bias, idealogical/doctrinaire policy "imperatives" or good-old special interests are all part of what contributes to our sense of progress in the human condition. Max Roser is a James Martin Fellow researching income inequality and inclusive growth at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford Martin School. Roser asks the question: Is it actually true that we are building a better…
Australia's population will reach a "projected" twenty three million today, Tuesday 23rd April 2013. 22,999,515 Those working in regional development, government and community understand the strategic challenges and opportunities changes in population and demographics brings. On a personal note, we contributed to this total exactly sixteen years ago today!! [Grin] Notes: This projection is based on the estimated resident population…
Another very nice piece of work visualising data. Visualizing.org is displaying some animated age-pyramids that tell a unique story of the challenges of growth in the coming decades. From the site: On October 31, 2011, demographers at the United Nations reported that the earth’s population had reached 7 billion. That number marks an increase of 1 billion in…
Our new book on GLOBAL HEALTH is out!! Is it possible to write a book on the health of all 6.5 billion persons living on the globe? Well we did it and now it is on sale from Monday 27/11 2006. We are six authors, but it was Ann Lindstrand who got it together and Birgitta Rubensson that brought it…
Australia's school population will start to fall within two years as the country's declining birth rate makes an impact on enrolments, according to a new report. Link: Low birth rate to hit school enrolments.
Some interesting and important work. The Australian Institute of Social Research (AISR) is based at the University of Adelaide and brings together The Centre for Labour Research; The Don Dunstan Foundation; The National Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GISCA); The Public Health Information Development Unit (PHIDU); and The Social Health Unit. The AISR specialises in spatial information,…