Worldwide, I mean.
I will argue to the end, that the 20th century started late and ended early. From the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 to the collapse of the Soviet
The 2007 UN Human Development Index has been released today. You can read a summary and download it here.
The Human Development Index calculates algorithms that factor-in life expectancy, literacy rate, school enrolment
According to a report today from the UN Population Fund, precisely half of the world's 6.82 billion people will be living in cities by next year. That's unprecedented.