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Table 4-1
Selected Development Measures 2007/2008
HDI
GI
CPI
GDI per
0-1
HDI
0-1
0-10
Region
capita
(higher score
Rank
(lower score
(higher score
Country
PPP/US$
is better)
out of 177
is better)
is better)
Australia
34,923
.970
2
.352
8.7
Canada
35,812
.966
4
.326
8.7
United States
45,592
.956
13
.408
7.3
South Asia
Bangladesh
1,241
.543
146
.334
2.1
Bhutan
4,837
.619
132
n.d.
5.2
India
2,753
.612
134
.368
3.4
Maldives
5,196
.771
95
n.d.
2.8
Nepal
1,049
.553
144
.472
2.3
Pakistan
2,496
.572
141
.306
2.4
Sri Lanka
4,243
.759
102
.402
3.1
East Asia
China
5,383
.772
92
.469
3.6
Japan
33,632
.960
10
.249
7.7
Mongolia
3,236
.727
115
.328
3.0
North Korea
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
South Korea
24,801
.937
26
.316
5.5
Taiwan
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
.560
5.6
Southeast Asia
Brunei
50,200
.920
30
n.d.
5.5
Cambodia
1,802
.593
137
.417
2.0
Indonesia
3,712
.734
111
.343
2.8
Laos
2,165
.619
133
.346
2.0
Malaysia
13,518
.829
66
49.2
4.5
Myanmar (Burma)
0,904
.586
138
n.d.
1.0
Philippines
3,406
.751
105
44.5
2.4
Singapore
49,704
.944
23
42.5
9.2
Thailand
8,135
.783
87
42.0
3.4
Timor-Leste
0,717
.489
162
n.d.
2.2
Vietnam
2,600
.725
116
34.4
2.7
Sources: UN Human Development Index Reports 2007-2009. T Transparency International Corruption Index 2009.
20 percent controls 37.7 percent. Malaysia' is GI is 4.92.
This index reflects the fact that the poorest 20 percent of
the population controls only 4.4 percent of PCI. More than
half (54.3%) is controlled by the wealthiest 20 percent.
Income inequality is often referred to as the
rich-poor
gap
. Income inequities are represented by GI scores in
Table 4-1. GI scores indicate degrees of income inequity
within a country but tell us nothing about spatial patterns
of inequality . Marked regional disparities are apparent in
every country . For example, northern Bangladesh is much
poorer than the central and eastern regions.
Figure 4-1 is a cartogram that shows countries sized
to reflect wealth. The smaller the country the poorer it is.
Y ou can see, for example, that Singapore, Japan, and
Taiwan are much larger—that is, richer—than India or
China. Look at the relative size of tiny Brunei. Why do
you think that such a small country can be so wealthy?
The percentages of poor people are decreasing in
Asia and around the globe. However, absolute num-
bers of poor are rising because of population growth.
Rural people tend to be poorer than urban people,
although there are many poverty-stricken people of
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