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HansRosling

  1. Swedish aid to Russian activists will not count as "development aid" svd.se/nyheter/inrike… Russia is not on "AID list" oecd.org/dataoecd/9/50/… about 2 hours ago via web
  2. Data in my TEDtalk on Religions & Babies gapminder.org/videos/religio… are here: Gapminder World bit.ly/JOcgZh link on axisis to sources about 2 hours ago via web
  3. In health&wealth dance Argentina did´nt tango since 2002. Now Arg=S.Korea 1999 bit.ly/K4LIt0 Will Arg. stop now? huffingtonpost.com/mark-weisbrot/… about 3 hours ago via web
  4. 2011 GDP/capita now in Gapminder World! China & India proceed towards catch-up with US before 2050, as Jap & SKorea did bit.ly/KA1yt9 4:16 PM May 25th via web
  5. In Kazakhstan I meet high professional capacity, good analysis & wise policies when talking to government officials in health & finance! 4:11 AM May 24th via web
  6. At Economic Forum in Astana Erdogan says EU destabilize economy and G20 stabilize! Turkey clearly identifies with the world not with Europe. 10:06 AM May 23rd via web
  7. Play with the data on religions, income and number of babies/woman bit.ly/JmdDDz that I use in my last TED video gapminder.org/videos/religio… 7:50 PM May 22nd via web
  8. My new TED talk "Religions and babies" is now live, it is hot: ted.com/talks/hans_ros… 10:18 AM May 22nd via TwitBird
  9. My Qatar TEDtalk launches today 11.00am EST US at ted.com It deals with how different religions impact sex & population growth! 6:51 AM May 22nd via web
  10. This is my 52 second "TED" talk on population&wealth youtube.com/watch?v=UNs-zi… soon my longer on religion, sex and # of babies will be launched 5:19 AM May 21st via web
  11. Kazakhstan´s 23 year loop in Health&Wealth! By 2003 on same GDP/capita & lifespan as they had 1980, but now on track! bit.ly/JILCHf 3:03 PM May 20th via web
  12. On Tuesday evening I am off to Kazakhstan to talk on Thursday at Astana Economic Forum aef.kz/en/ 2:38 PM May 20th via web
  13. Coffe just may prolong life, observational study; RT @alexismadrigal awesomest news, though, coffee tl.gd/heom4h 11:18 PM May 16th via TwitBird
  14. Learn the new economic vocabulary! For China "slowing down" means having 4-fold faster economic growth compared to USA imf.org/external/pubs/… 4:14 PM May 16th via web
  15. I´m not optimist, I´m surprised! Never imagined to see Sub-Saharan Africa with 6 fold faster economic growth than UK!! imf.org/external/pubs/… 4:11 PM May 16th via web
  16. Infant mortality in Armenia drops to half the expected but population continue to shrink due to only 1.7 children/women measuredhs.com/Who-We-Are/New… 3:41 PM May 16th via web
  17. Survey in Congo-Brazz yields 5.5 births/women vs predicted 4.5. Means population will more than double next 40 years measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/PR19/… 3:35 PM May 16th via web
  • Name Hans Rosling
  • Location Stockholm, Sweden
  • Web http://www.gapmin...
  • Bio Professor Global Health, Karolinska Institutet. Edutainer & co-founder of Gapminder Foundation
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