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This article is about the rapid economic growth that New Delhi (India's capital city) had undergone. India's economic indicators are very poor such as life expectancy rate, education and per capita income. Majority of the population of India is illiterate and may children drop out of school in order to earn money for the family. The average number of years a person spends in school in Indian is 4.4 years whereas the global average is 7.4 years. The PPP in terms of Indians was less than a third of the world average. Life expectancy rate has increased in Indian by about 9% which is a big development.  

A human development index can help determine the level of development of countries like Syria who, as shown in this article, suffer from sustained acts of violence most probably because of a lack of intrinsic development.

This article discusses the human development index (HDI) of Shravasti. Shravasti has the 6th lowest literacy rate in the world and this makes it hard for the country to develop. This is because literacy leads to better jobs, which would therefore improve development.

Climate Change will have disastrous effects on developing countries in the next few decades. In the last 30 years the lowest 25% countries have improved so much that in the next 40 years they will be on the same level as the top 25% are now.

This article describes the economic development index and highlights the use for it.

Because a lot of companies and countries have chosen to stop donating to the country's further development which is tough as Burundi is in the bottom of the HDI ranking.

This article discusses how the M-East Ward is struggling due in part to one of the dumping grounds in its area. This dumping ground is a big problem since it causes many illnesses and other negative externalities. This article shows how a poor group has a very hard time influencing any political figures in making change happen in their community and thus one of their few chances at improvement is not available.

This article presents the paradox of plenty in the Equatorial Guinea, a small country off West Africa which has recently struck oil and which is now being cited as a textbook case of the resource curse.