Prisoners Suffering - Amnesty Aug 19, 2008
Although oil generates US $30,000 per year for every one of the Equatorial Guinea's 500,000 inhabitants - giving the country a gross domestic product per capita equivalent to that of Switzerland or Denmark - life expectancy remains low at 49 and less than half the population have access to clean drinking water, according the UN Human Development Index. Relevant Links. (allAfrica.com)
Philippine economy struggles with high birth rates Aug 19, 2008
Thailand had a gross annual per capita income of $7,880 in 2007, while in the Philippines it was $3,730. Pernia said that if the Philippines had followed the population growth trajectory of Thailand between 1975 and 2000, then its per capita income would have been at least 22 percent higher and there would have been five million fewer poor people. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
New panel to cut red tape Aug 19, 2008
Malaysia, he said, received more FDI per capita than China last year. Muhyiddin said China received FDI inflows of between US$60bil to US$70bil, he said, adding. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Cities ponder restrictions in wake of London bottle ban Aug 19, 2008
Bottled H{-2}0 has becoming increasing popular in Canada in recent years, with per capita consumption jumping to 60 litres in 2005 from less than 30 litres in 1998, according to the Beverage Marketing Corporation. In the latter year, bottled-water sales reached nearly $653-million. (Globe and Mail)
Water conservation a California necessity Aug 19, 2008
The Legislature is debating a bill that would aim to reduce the per capita use of water by 20 percent by the year 2020. It is an ambitious goal. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Public Information Notice: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2008 Article IV Consultation with the Republic of Kazakhstan Aug 19, 2008
As a result, real per capita incomes have doubled since 2000 and social indicators have improved. More recently, the global financial turmoil that began last summer had a significant impact on the Kazakhstan economy. (IMF News)
Living a Green Dream on Danish Island Aug 19, 2008
It's a challenge their government set the island in 1997 and which has been largely funded through local taxes and individual investments, in one of Europe's wealthier countries -- Denmark's GDP per capita was more than US$35,000 in 2006. Now the islanders have shown that where there's a wind, there's a way -- and in the process mounted a global showcase for one of the prize export industries in Denmark, which is home to the world's largest wind-turbine maker, Vestas. (Planet Ark, United States)
Adjusting to pace of service Aug 19, 2008
"He said that what surprised him most about Idaho was the size of the Mormon population in the area, which he said rivaled the Mormon population in Tonga. More than 42 percent of the people in Tonga adhere to the U.S.-born faith, the highest per capita membership in the world, which 'Unga said he was original unaware of."It's really cool, I had no clue until I moved there," 'Unga said. "I've never seen as many LDS people even in Tonga as I have out here, though. " 'Unga said that before his... (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
City council approves water ordinance Aug 19, 2008
The new ordinance is designed to lower the gallons per capita per day to 140 gpcd. Steve Massey community service director said from 2002-2006 the average gpcd was 168 gpcd. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
New homes rise for China quake survivors, quality of collapsed houses under probe Aug 19, 2008
According to the provincial government website, a low-wage urban family is one whose average disposable annual income per capita was 3,231 yuan in 2005. The amount for a high-income family was 18,088 yuan. (Xinhuanet, China)
Rants & Raves: Car hazard lights just add to danger Aug 19, 2008
Our per capita energy consumption is embarrassing compared to the rest of the world. Here is one place to start saving lives, the planet, energy, and maybe even some money. (Florida Times-Union)
"Mauritanians are experiencing a deep malaise" Aug 18, 2008
With national income per capita averaging $560, Mauritania is one of the world's poorest countries. But the discovery and exploitation of oil and gas reserves on its Atlantic coast has raised hopes of future prosperity. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
NYCLU VS. NYPD: WHO'S GOT YOUR BACK? Aug 18, 2008
That is, the ratio of the number of cops per capita for all neighborhoods and the number of confrontations per neighborhood. Additionally, the NYPD must also release a tally of the race of civilians who shoot other civilians and the race of their victims. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Chasing the cure Aug 18, 2008
Per capita, we re in the top 10 percent. This article is for Paid Print Subscribers ONLY.. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
DNA Bill tabled for first reading Aug 18, 2008
International Trade and Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin told Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting (BN - Pulai) that Malaysia received more foreign direct investment per capita than China. "With our population of 27 million, we received US$234.88 (RM775.10) per person for foreign direct investment as compared to US$52.84 (RM174.37) per person in China last year," he said. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Covering the uncovered: Making Indonesian social security work Aug 18, 2008
Countries like Singapore which has relatively higher GDP per capita than U.S., has much lower social security expenditure comparing to the U.S. In contrary, Poland is in the same league as Uruguay, with very low income level in the world, but has a greater level of public expenditure for social security, even in comparison with the U.S.. Enacting a law to make social security accessible to informal sector workers is the right decision for Indonesia. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Water bottles are the new faux pas Aug 18, 2008
Canada's per capita consumption of bottled water jumped from 28. 4 litres in 1998 to 66 litres in 2006, according to the Beverage Marketing Corporation. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
More officers might help Aug 18, 2008
For years the city had a relatively high ratio of per capita spending for law enforcement. In 2001, for instance, a Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance report listed Racine s spending levels for law enforcement as third among the state s 122 most populous cities and villages. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Nepal's Former Rebel Leader Prachanda Chosen as Republic's Prime Minister Aug 17, 2008
Roughly a third of its people live below the poverty line and per capita gross domestic product is about $1,200, according to U.S. government data. As many as 2. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Swiss mark 60 years of friendship with India Aug 17, 2008
B.I.: The Indian economy is growing very quickly, but per capita India is still a very poor country. Switzerland has set important standards and demonstrated that much can be achieved with few resources. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Sierra Leone: Starting a Business - Entry Regulation Aug 17, 2008
Among these assumptions are the following: the business is a limited liability company conducting general commercial activities in the largest business city; it is 100% domestically owned, with start-up capital of 10 times income per capita, turnover of at least 100 times income per capita and between 10 and 50 employees; and it does not qualify for any special benefits, nor does it own real estate. Procedures are recorded only where interaction is required with an external party. (allAfrica.com)
Revised pay adds shine to defence forces Aug 17, 2008
40166+05:30 Though the per capita income is very low in India but enhancement of pay and pension of about 5 million employees seems to be on expected lines and satisfactory as understood so far waiting for the final out come of sixth pay commission in black and white ... 303953+05:30 Though the per capita income is very low in India but enhancement of pay and pension of about 5 million employees seems to be on expected lines and satisfactory as understood so far waiting for the final out come of... (Financial Express)
* The climate needs more than a new US leader Aug 17, 2008
But China points out that on a per capita basis, US emissions are five times higher. China, India and other countries argue that economic development in rich countries caused most of the existing problem and it is only fair that developing countries should not have to reduce their emissions until they reach the rich countries levels of emissions. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The Great Pall of China Aug 17, 2008
They also still have much lower carbon emissions in per capita terms than do western nations. Under the Kyoto protocol, the international climate change treaty which runs out in 2012, only the developed nations have to make emissions cuts. (Yahoo News -- Pollution)
Peruvians warming up to potatoes Aug 17, 2008
Annual potato consumption per capita has dropped nearly 50 percent from its peak of about 250 pounds in the 1970s, according to the center. The government s goal is to increase annual consumption in Peru to around 220 pounds by 2011. (New Haven Register, CT)
Boom times for OSU research Aug 17, 2008
Ninth in federal research expenditures at public universities per capita. Federal grants make up 83 percent of competitive external research funding at OSU, said John Cassady, university vice president of research. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
South Asia 'agrees to free trade' Aug 17, 2008
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Higher levies again? Aug 17, 2008
On a per capita basis, Californians pay $5,028 a year in state and local taxes ... The per capita tax burden on Arizonans is essentially the same, $3,244 a year. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Opinion)
Washington Park golf course closure eyed Aug 16, 2008
Don't have an account. (older than 14 days). (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Kuan Yew still a force to be reckoned with Aug 16, 2008
He was in Beijing for the Olympics, then rushed home to celebrate National Day. Singapores Minister Mentor looks no nearer to slowing down as his half-century mark at the top approaches. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Can't get There from Here-From Yard to Lawn Aug 16, 2008
For even more perspective, water use in Billerica per capita is about 74 gallons per day, or 2072 gallons a week for a family of four. The town s goal is to get below 65 gallons per capita per day. (Billerica Minuteman, MA)
Kufuor meets Korean delegation Aug 16, 2008
He noted that at the time of the nation's independence in the 1950s, its per capita was on the same level with that of Korea but over the decades, the Asian country had leapfrogged to join the developed world. Ghana is interested to learn the secrets of the Korean success, to build the local enterprises into viable businesses, he said. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Independence day Aug 16, 2008
Income per capita reached US$1,200 last year, while the 2007 export value reached more than $100 billion. We also enjoyed rice self-sufficiency in 2007. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Falling gas prices chip at ‘Alberta Advantage' Aug 16, 2008
The debt is repaid and Alberta's government, though painted in Conservative colours, plans to spend 41 per cent more this year, per capita, than Ontario's does. The Stelmach government's most recent budget jacked up spending by 10 per cent.. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Verbatim: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili Appeals To The World For Georgia Aug 16, 2008
This is the country which has the highest per capita FDI rate in the region. This is the country this is the highest growth rate country among all known all economies in the world. (Investors Business Daily)
What's the Rush? Aug 16, 2008
Idaho is near the top in triathlon athletes per capita. Results from Saturday's RUSH will appear in Tuesday's Standard Journal. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
The Big Chill Aug 16, 2008
In , the paper calculates the Top 10 countries by per capita gold medal productby that metric, Slovakia comes in first, followed by Georgia. In another tribute to losers, the Post spotlights the Chinese athletes who a fate darn near death in a country that places the burden of upholding the national honor on the shoulders of children. (Slate)
Measure your carbon footprints Aug 15, 2008
BANGALORE: Every action of yours has an equal and opposite carbon reaction. An airconditioner (2. (India Times, India)
City may ban plastic bottles, Styrofoam at public event Aug 15, 2008
Last year, the city launched a zero-waste program aimed at reducing garbage sent to landfills by 20 percent per capita by 2012 and achieving zero waste -- an international standard set by the United Nations Environmental Accord -- by 2040. Also last year, Mayor Will Wynn spearheaded the Austin Climate Protection Plan. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
African Copper Plc: Half Yearly Report Aug 15, 2008
The per capita incidence of the HIV/AIDS virus in Botswana has been estimated as being one of the highest in the world, according to public sources. As such, HIV/AIDS remains the major healthcare challenge faced by Botswana and the Company's operations in the country. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Per capita income growth flags in state Aug 15, 2008
New figures from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis show per capita income nationwide grew at a rate of 5 ... The analysis bureau figures peg per capita income for the Phoenix area at $35,010 a year ... Even with the anemic year-over-year change, that still left the area with the 140th-highest per capita income of all metropolitan areas in the nation. (AZCentral -- Business)
Our south seas sin Aug 15, 2008
Panguna used to be the biggest copper mine in the world, accounting for 40 per cent of Papua New Guinea's exports, and Bougainville was the country's most developed province, its people the richest - on a per capita basis at least. Yet it was started on a deal signed with the wrong owners of the land. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
SKorea: NKorea to Abandon Nuke Aug 15, 2008
During his election campaign, Lee said he would launch massive investment and aid projects in the North to increase its per capita income to US$3,000 within a decade if North Korea abandons its nuclear program. The North, however, has escalated rhetoric against the South including threatening to attack and lobbing personal insults at the conservative, pro-American Lee, such as calling him a "traitor.". (Time.com)
Governor Asks Bush For Disaster Declaration Aug 14, 2008
24 per capita (approximately $42 million) to qualify for a major federal disaster declaration as established in the Federal Register. (See Enclosure B.). (KSBW 8, CA)
Borough hopes for safer skies Aug 14, 2008
PALMER -- The Matanuska-Susitna Borough has one of the highest concentrations of airports and pilots per capita in the nation, if not in the world. And until recently, little attention was paid to regulating those airstrips. (Anchorage Daily News)
Affordable Maine hotels, from $95 Aug 14, 2008
Be sure to bring your appetite; the city has undergone an intense period of revitalization and now has more restaurants per capita than any other U.S. city except San Francisco. And many serve a lot more than just lobster rolls and a good bowl of "chowdah." Portland is also home to a popular. (MSNBC -- Travel)
* De Beers and Botswana: an unusual partnership pays off Aug 14, 2008
In the early years of its nationhood, Botswana was one of the poorest countries in the world, with a per capita income of about US$80 a year. Today, it is among the most prosperous countries in Africa, with a real middle class and a per capita income approaching US$6,000 a year. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Capital punishment is declining across Asia: sociologist Aug 14, 2008
Singapore was the world leader in applying the death penalty per capita in the 1990s. But from a peak of 76 executions in 1994, only two were killed last year. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Its time for the US to choose healthy growth and social justice Aug 14, 2008
The cost of incarcerating 2 million Americans X one of the highest per capita rates in the world X should be viewed as a subtraction from GDP, yet it is added on. A second major difference between left and right concerns the role of the state in promoting development. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
> Experts to convene for congress on statewide water issues Aug 14, 2008
Data from the U.S. Geological Survey shows Florida s per capita water usage declined between 2000 and 2005 despite a. 1. (Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL)
Editorial: I Can I Will doing its part to clean up Chester Aug 14, 2008
Try chewing over this statistic: Among Pennsylvania municipalities with a population between 25,000 and 50,000, Chester holds the ignominious distinction of having the highest homicide rate per capita. Answers to the violence remain elusive. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
State medical association supports med school in I Aug 14, 2008
Coker e-mailed some medical facts to the Journal Tuesday in which he pointed out that the Gem State ranks 49th in the nation for the number of doctors per capita. He added that many doctors are increasingly becoming unavailable. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
INL officials spell out energy plans Aug 14, 2008
The quality of life is immediately linked to the amount of energy per capita. The demand is not going to go away. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Ice cream to die for Aug 14, 2008
Artisanal ice cream accounts for 58 percent of the Italian market, with an average per capita consumption of 12 litres a year, according to Alberto Pica, president of Italy's Ice Cream Makers Association. Romans and visitors to the Italian capital put away half again as much, said Pica (72), whose gelateria offers a Manna flavour using the sap of a variety of ash tree that grows in southern Calabria and Sicily. (iAfrica.com)
City council approves water ordinance Aug 14, 2008
The new ordinance is designed to lower the gallons per capita per day to 140 gpcd. Steve Massey community service director said from 2002-2006 the average gpcd was 168 gpcd. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Study: Immigration to U.S. Increases Global Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Aug 13, 2008
-- In recent years, increases in U.S. CO2 emissions have been driven entirely by population increases, as per capita emissions have stabilized ... It is certainly reasonable to argue that Americans could do more to reduce per capita emissions. (PR Newswire)
Unusual and Innovative Aug 13, 2008
Aspen also won the Department of Energy s Wind Power Pioneer Award for 2008 because it buys three times more wind power than any other public utility in the country on a per capita basis. We are seeing more cities working with their residents and businesses to purchase renewable energy, said Lori Bird, senior energy analyst at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
State 3rd most taxed in nation Aug 13, 2008
State residents pay an estimated $7,007 per capita in taxes in 2008, or 11 percent of their income ... The steepest tax burden in 2008 is borne by the residents of New Jersey, who pay $6,610 per capita or 11. (New Haven Register, CT)
India's poor urged to 'eat rats' Aug 13, 2008
The Musahar are on the bottom strata of the caste system with the lowest literacy rate and per capita income. Less than one percent of their 2. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Firing wildly, and . . . Tech's best five? Aug 13, 2008
What about per capita. The longer I watch, the more I think Tech has a chance to be better than quite a few people think sooner than a lot of people think. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Report confirms need for MDs Aug 13, 2008
Steve Coker, a Pocatello orthopedic surgeon and a trustee on the Idaho Medical Association Board of Trustees, wrote in an e-mail Tuesday that the Gem State ranked 49th in the number of doctors per capita. Geddes co-chaired the joint committee that spent most of Tuesday reviewing the firm's report. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Predicting good things for Q2 GDP, economy Aug 13, 2008
If this is the case, the country will have continued to post a high level of nominal GDP growth and income per capita growth ... The first semester will show that our annual income per capita for this year has already exceeded $2,000 and marching toward a level of $2,300 by the end of the year. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Now Playing in Massachusetts Aug 13, 2008
" Recently, their big budget screen test went international -- Barack with his long apology about American power before 200,000 at Berlin s Brandenburg Gate, and Kerry simultaneously chatting away on cable here at home. Kerry s shilling for Barack cannot mask what we here already know: The combination of Gov. Deval Patrick and Sen. John Kerry has been devastating for the citizens of Massachusetts. Under Kerry and Patrick, Massachusetts now has one of the nation s highest property tax burdens, is... (Human Events Online)
More officers might help Aug 13, 2008
For years the city had a relatively high ratio of per capita spending for law enforcement. In 2001, for instance, a Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance report listed Racine s spending levels for law enforcement as third among the state s 122 most populous cities and villages. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Fleeced in the Persian Gulf Aug 12, 2008
But the distribution of oil and gas reserves among the countries is not even, and is especially uneven given the vast differences in population size, namely, oil and gas reserves on per capita terms. Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (more accurately the emirate of Abu Dhabi) are just super rich; Saudi Arabia is in the middle, followed by Iraq and Iran. (Asia Times Online)
