首页
登录
职称英语
The latest Human Development Report from the United Nations Development Prog
The latest Human Development Report from the United Nations Development Prog
游客
2023-10-17
54
管理
问题
The latest Human Development Report from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) contains some good news, but also a very serious warning about the threat posed by climate change.
The report, published annually since 1990, seeks to assess "human development”around the world, and calculates a "Human Development Index”(HDI) for 169 countries. The HDI is based on average income, life expectancy and level of education in a country. Not surprisingly, rich countries tend to have higher HDIs than poor countries, but there are interesting variations in human development among countries with similar levels of economic development, because some have better health and education systems than others.
According to the 2010 report, the country with the highest level of human development is Norway , followed by Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Ireland. Most of the lowest HDIs belong to countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Almost all countries around the world have higher HDIs now than in 1990, despite the fact that since the 2008 financial crisis, the total number of people living in extreme poverty has increased. The report concludes that most people are healthier, live longer, are better educated and have access to more goods and services. Even in countries with severe economic problems, people’s level of health and education has generally improved. Although sub-Saharan African countries are at the bottom of the pile in terms of human development, some of them have made significant progress since 1990. The report is critical, however, of the fact that economic inequality has increased significantly in the last twenty years, both within and between countries.
The greatest threat to improving HDIs in the future, according to the report, is climate change. Economic growth increases average incomes in a country through increasing production and consumption. However, if this leads to greater emissions of greenhouse gases, as has always been the case in the past, global warming will probably accelerate, and cause severe environmental problems in some parts of the world that will threaten the livelihoods of huge numbers of people. The progress of the last twenty years, therefore, might not be sustainable.
The only solution, according to the report, is to break the link between economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions—which, needless to say, is easier said than done. [br] The concept of "human development”is based on the following three factors:______, ______and______.
选项
答案
average income;life expectancy;level of education
解析
(第二段第二句提到HDI基于以下三项:一国的人均收入、预期寿命和受教育程度。)
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3105531.html
相关试题推荐
AskpeopletolisttheUnitedStatespresidents.Mostpeoplewillremembe
AskpeopletolisttheUnitedStatespresidents.Mostpeoplewillremembe
AskpeopletolisttheUnitedStatespresidents.Mostpeoplewillremembe
WhyarepeoplebuildingtallandnarrowstructuresintheUnitedStates?[origin
NewspapersandtelevisionreportsaroundtheworldshowAfricaasacontinen
NewspapersandtelevisionreportsaroundtheworldshowAfricaasacontinen
NewspapersandtelevisionreportsaroundtheworldshowAfricaasacontinen
IntheUnitedStatesalsothereweregreatchanges,thoughthecausesherew
IntheUnitedStatesalsothereweregreatchanges,thoughthecausesherew
IntheUnitedStatesalsothereweregreatchanges,thoughthecausesherew
随机试题
OneofJim’sfeetwasbiggerthantheother."Icanneverfindshoesformy
Asitturnedouttobeasmallhouseparty,we______soformally.A、needn’tdres
凡身份高的人士会见身份低的,或是主人会见客人,这种会见,一般称为接见或()。A
为提取饮片中的芳香挥发性成分,常采用A:回流法B:浸渍法C:渗漉法D:水蒸
《伊豆的舞女》是下列哪个作家的作品() A、夏目漱石B、川端康成 C、紫
人在每一瞬间,将心理活动选择了某些对象而忽略了另一些对象。这一特点指的是注意的(
()是指某一行业内企业的固定成本和可变成本之间的比例。A.财务报表结构 B.
人格测验自陈量表的特点包括()。 (A)题量较大(B)通常采用纸笔测
商业银行吸收存款,集中社会上闲置的货币资金,又通过发放贷款,将集中起来的货币资金
下列哪个不是施工成本目标控制的原则( )。A.成本最低原则 B.全员成本原则
最新回复
(
0
)