In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly set 17 goals as “the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all”. These Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) address issues linked to poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, peace, and justice, and set certain targets for the year […]
In the past, the level of well-being in a country was indicated almost exclusively by income figures, such as the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. However, today, there is much emphasis on measuring various other indicators of progress and well-being, such as human development, equality, and even […]
Denmark has been the most prosperous country of the world in 2019, according to the Legatum Prosperity Index 2019. It is followed by Norway and Switzerland, while New Zealand is the only non-European country among the top ten. 10 Most Prosperous Countries The ten most prosperous countries for […]
The seventeen-year-old climate activist from Sweden, Greta Thunberg, has become the leading figure of climate activism over the past two years or so. Speaking at top-level conferences and summits, leading massive protests on a global scale, and outspoken in her criticism of the world leaders for their lack […]
Iceland is the country with the greatest gender equality in the world, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2020, recently published by the World Economic Forum. The Nordic island nation, with a small population of around 350,000, is now the top ranked country in the index for […]
Norway is the world’s top ranked country in the recently released Human Development Index 2019. Switzerland and Ireland occupy the next two spots while Germany is tied with Hong Kong at fourth. Not surprisingly, developed countries dominate the rankings, with 21 out of the top 30 being European […]
Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, is the world’s cheapest city for the year 2019, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit. Syria’s capital, Damascus, is the second cheapest, followed by the Central Asian cities of Tashkent and Almaty. Three Indian cities are also among the top ten. The […]
