New Zealand tops social progress index, world's biggest economies trail

[Asian]

Why Singapore not in the survey?
Will Singapore be Number 1 instead, if it's in the survey?

LONDON (REUTERS) - New Zealand came first in a global index published on Thursday that ranks countries by social and environmental performance rather than economic output in a drive to make social progress a priority for politicians and businesses.

The Social Progress Index (SPI) rates 132 countries on more than 50 indicators, including health, sanitation, shelter, personal safety, access to information, sustainability, tolerance and inclusion and access to education.

The SPI asks questions such as whether a country can satisfy its people's basic needs and whether it has the infrastructure and capacity to allow its citizens to improve the quality of their lives and reach their full potential.

"The index shows that economic growth does not automatically lead to social progress," Michael Green, executive director of the Social Progress Imperative, a non-profit organisation that publishes the index, told Thomson Reuters Foundation


http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/data/spi

 

[GoldenDragon]

Paging, paging Leongsam.

 

[Asian]

[video]http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/new-zealand-most-socially-advanced-nation-in-video-5884482[/video]

 

[tonychat]

This is the type of countries worth living in.

 

[tonychat]

[video=youtube;UsQkAjR4P_0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsQkAjR4P_0#t=235[/video]

Australia seems to be top 10 in everything.. Ang Moh are the best!!!!

 

[Asian]

Full report below.

http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/document/pdf/201414/progress.pdf

 

[Leongsam]

Paging, paging Leongsam.

I don't have a clue what this report is about so I can't comment.

However, from personal experience, I can tell you that NZ is a shit hole so the report is obviously a load of crap.

 

[GoldenDragon]

I don't have a clue what this report is about so I can't comment.

However, from personal experience, I can tell you that NZ is a shit hole so the report is obviously a load of crap.

Shit hole? Why are you there?

 

[Leongsam]

Shit hole? Why are you there?

Because the fishing is great and I'm retired.

If I had to earn a living and build a career, I'd be out of here in less than a week.

 

[Tuayapeh]

Shit hole? Why are you there?

yeah right....shithole indeed.....still a better stinking pit from this Stinkapore that you runroad from right?

nbccb. lj lang kong lj way..

 

[Leongsam]

yeah right....shithole indeed.....still a better stinking pit from this Stinkapore that you runroad from right?

nbccb. lj lang kong lj way..

If you want to become wealthy and successful, Singapore is the best place on earth.

 

[GoldenDragon]

Because the fishing is great and I'm retired.

If I had to earn a living and build a career, I'd be out of here in less than a week.

Fair enough.

 

[nutbush]

i am semi retired and i like fishing...:o *when are you going to take me in?*

Because the fishing is great and I'm retired.

If I had to earn a living and build a career, I'd be out of here in less than a week.

 

[sochi2014]

ranks countries by social and environmental performance rather than economic output in a drive to make social progress a priority for politicians and businesses.
http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/data/spi

doesn't this statement already answered your question?

 

[Leongsam]

doesn't this statement already answered your question?

The report is obviously rubbish then. NZ is one of the worst offenders when it comes to environmental issues. It's waterways and seas a polluted and it is one of the worst greenhouse gas producers per capita.

You can read all about it here http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/06/us-newzealand-milk-image-idUSBRE97503H20130806