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GapCast #10 - Energy Print E-mail
Thursday, 17 January 2008
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GapCast #10
All humans emit carbon dioxide (Co2) and contribute to the climate crises. But some humans emits much more than others. Although the total Co2-emission from China are almost as big as those from United States, the emission from a single American is more than 6 times those from a person in China.

In China today, almost 80% of the electricity are produced from coal, and that proportion is increasing. What China needs is an environmental friendly way of producing electricity that is cheaper than coal.

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GapCast #9 - Public Services Print E-mail
Thursday, 17 January 2008
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GapCast #9
To have a fair chance in life, everyone needs public services. It's also very important that information about these services is readily available in useful form. We need good information in order to provide good public service.

Statistics are needed on the access and quality of those services. Both for those who provide it and those who have he right to demand access to it.

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GapCast #8 - Turkey meets France? Print E-mail
Monday, 03 December 2007
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GapCast #8
There are many differences between Turkey and France. But are the differences increasing or decreasing? From a public health perspective, the answer is obvious.

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GapCast #7 - Maternal Mortality Print E-mail
Monday, 19 November 2007
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GapCast #7 - Maternal Mortality
The most qualified estimates tells us that 500 000 women die every year because of pregnancy. However, the number are so uncertain, that we cant even tell if the situation improves from one yar to another.

So, If the uncertainty about the maternal mortality is so high, is there any point of measuring maternity mortality at all? And how can we tell if things are improving?

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GapCast #6 - Chile a Developing Country? Print E-mail
Thursday, 15 November 2007
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GapCast #6
What's the difference between Chile, Cuba and the USA? Well, it depends on what kind of factors you are looking at. It is obvious however, is that the reality is more detailed than just dividing the countries in developed and developing countries.

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GapCast #5 - Bangladesh Miracle Print E-mail
Friday, 26 October 2007
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GapCast #5
Have you heard about Miracle that has happened in Bangladesh over the last 30 years? No?In 1970 an average women in Bangladesh gave birth to 7 children, and on of four of them died before the age of five.

But after independence from Pakistan in 1971 things has improved. See Hans Roslings GapCast #5 to see how much.

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GapCast #4 - Globalization Print E-mail
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
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GapCast #4
How has the Global Economy effected the income of people across the world?Although the percentage of poverty has gone down, the number of poor people is still very high.

The good news is that the eradication of poverty is within human range.

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GapCast #3 - Human Development Trends Print E-mail
Saturday, 13 October 2007
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A short overview of the trends in Human Development from 1960 to 2001. The presentations shows the differences between the countries, regarding Live Expectancy and Income.
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GapCast#2 - Urbanization Print E-mail
Monday, 17 September 2007

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GapCast #2
In this GapCast, Hans Rosling focuses on urbanization. In four minutes he give a short overview over the urban challenge, showing the last 40 years of development in urbanization and economic growth.

These clips appear in the film "A Slum Insight ".

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GapCast#1 - Health, Money & Sex in Sweden Print E-mail
Tuesday, 26 June 2007

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GapCast #1
In the first gapcast from Gapminder, Professor Hans Rosling shows how economic growth, public health and sexual rights have changed in Sweden during 300 years. In only 6 minutes he shows life expectancy and GDP per capita of Sweden from 1709 to 2004.
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