Comments on: Who has the Richest Poor People in the World? http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/who-has-the-richest-poor-people-in-the-world.html Blog of an entrepreneur Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:31:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe Cooper http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/who-has-the-richest-poor-people-in-the-world.html#comment-813 Joe Cooper Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:55:45 +0000 http://192.168.1.2/en/?p=333#comment-813 The method sited of using percentage of national income to determine how well the poor are doing is extremely misleading. In a country where everyone is poor, the poorest of those will have a percentage of the national income not far below everyone else. In a country that is wealthy, if you added more millionaires to the population the percentage of national income for the poor would decrease but their standard of living may actually go up at the same time. Percentage of national income is in no way a reliable indicator. The method sited of using percentage of national income to determine how well the poor are doing is extremely misleading. In a country where everyone is poor, the poorest of those will have a percentage of the national income not far below everyone else. In a country that is wealthy, if you added more millionaires to the population the percentage of national income for the poor would decrease but their standard of living may actually go up at the same time. Percentage of national income is in no way a reliable indicator.

]]> By: Doug Dobbins http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/who-has-the-richest-poor-people-in-the-world.html#comment-812 Doug Dobbins Tue, 30 May 2006 10:24:27 +0000 http://192.168.1.2/en/?p=333#comment-812 Your post was a great read. I did my own post on this and what is means to poor and rural America. In some ways we need a Rural Electric Administration (REA) type effort for Internet access in America. Your post was a great read.

I did my own post on this and what is means to poor and rural America. In some ways we need a Rural Electric Administration (REA) type effort for Internet access in America.

]]> By: Marco http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/who-has-the-richest-poor-people-in-the-world.html#comment-811 Marco Tue, 30 May 2006 07:24:53 +0000 http://192.168.1.2/en/?p=333#comment-811 Very interesting index. I sorted the table and sadly observed the "top" ten are all latin american. Paraguay 2.2 Brazil 2.4 Panama 2.4 Guatemala 2.6 Colombia 2.7 Honduras 2.7 El Salvador 2.9 Peru 2.9 Venezuela 3 Argentina 3.1 The main reason I can think why latin america is in a worst state than africa is that our countries are globally richer but the poorer are exactly as poor, so the share decreases. Another interesting point would be to measure true growth with this index, i.e. Argentina 3.1 is pre-crisis but I don't believe this has changed much in the last years. On the other end there are no surprises except for Laos and, from a Fon potential, eastern europe. Thanks for the link. Very interesting index. I sorted the table and sadly observed the “top” ten are all latin american.
Paraguay 2.2
Brazil 2.4
Panama 2.4
Guatemala 2.6
Colombia 2.7
Honduras 2.7
El Salvador 2.9
Peru 2.9
Venezuela 3
Argentina 3.1

The main reason I can think why latin america is in a worst state than africa is that our countries are globally richer but the poorer are exactly as poor, so the share decreases. Another interesting point would be to measure true growth with this index, i.e. Argentina 3.1 is pre-crisis but I don’t believe this has changed much in the last years.

On the other end there are no surprises except for Laos and, from a Fon potential, eastern europe.

Thanks for the link.

]]> By: Hasan http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/who-has-the-richest-poor-people-in-the-world.html#comment-810 Hasan Mon, 29 May 2006 22:24:29 +0000 http://192.168.1.2/en/?p=333#comment-810 I think the Kingdom of Bhutan, with its stated goal being having the highest GNH (Gross National Happiness) in the world is related to the idea stated in the piece. I think the Kingdom of Bhutan, with its stated goal being having the highest GNH (Gross National Happiness) in the world is related to the idea stated in the piece.

]]> By: China Law Blog http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/who-has-the-richest-poor-people-in-the-world.html#comment-809 China Law Blog Mon, 29 May 2006 17:44:46 +0000 http://192.168.1.2/en/?p=333#comment-809 Thanks for posting this. Very interesting. I think I'm going to do my own post on this re China, linking back. Thanks for posting this. Very interesting. I think I’m going to do my own post on this re China, linking back.

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