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The Internet community Reddit.com got to ask questions to Hans Rosling. Here is his answers.
TED-talk at the US State Department. Global trends over 200 years, the development of HIV/AIDS and how China is catching up.
Note: Date already passed. On Tuesday, 8 September, Hans Rosling will give an open lecture at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. The lecture will be in Swedish and the title is “Blir världen bättre?” – (Is the world becoming a better place?).
In the next 30 days you can see the Swedish TV-documentary: Rosling’s World: The best statistics you’ve ever seen, with English subtitles, on the webpage of the Swedish Television. The documentary will be aired again on Swedish Television (SVT24) on Tuesday 18 August, 20.00 in Sweden (19.00 CET) and in conjunction with that the video Read more …
The role of geography for the prospects of development has been hotly debated the last decade. Economists, like Jeffrey Sachs, have suggested that a country that are situated in the tropics or that are landlocked face a much larger challenge in development, for a number of reasons.
United Kingdom was a leading nation of the world. See UK’s journey to present time and how China is closing in.
25 years of the HIV epidemic in easily understood graphics. Showing the big differences within Africa.
Media hype and neglect, on two killer diseases.
Human Rights & Democracy data correlates poorly with progress in Health and Wealth.
Hans Rosling's TEDTalks have been seen by millions. Tune in and see the talks from 2006 onwards:
