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The Future Can Be Bright

Last week The Millennium Project released its 02011 State Of The Future report, looking at trends for the past twenty years and projecting ahead for the next decade. (The Long Now Foundation)

 

Here is the link to the summary .... State of the Future: Executive Summary

 

It is not all rosy but there are some things to cheer about, and every now and then we all need to be reminded of the good tidings...

Executive Summary wrote:

Where we are winning
1. Improved water source (percent of population with access)
2. Literacy rate, adult total (percent of people age 15 and above)
3. School enrollment, secondary (percent gross)
4. Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (percent of population) (low- and mid-income countries)
5. Population growth (annual percent) (A drop is seen as good for some countries, bad for others)
6. GDP per capita (constant 2000 US$)
7. Physicians (per 1,000 people) (surrogate for health care workers)
8. Internet users (per 1,000 people)
9. Infant mortality (deaths per 1,000 live births)
10. Life expectancy at birth (years)
11. Women in parliaments (percent of all members)
12. GDP per unit of energy use (constant 2000 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent)
13. Number of major armed conflicts (number of deaths >1,000)
14. Undernourishment (percent of population)
15. Prevalence of HIV (percent of population 15–49)
16. Countries having or thought to have plans for nuclear weapons (number)
17. Total debt service (percent of GNI) (low- and mid-income countries)
18. R&D expenditures (percent of national budget)

 

Change is the essence of life.  Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.                (author unknown)

 

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