Word: capita
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...staunchest advocates of aid, though, deny its many problems. One of the most glaring has been the intractable misery of Africa despite more than 20 years of intensive foreign assistance. A recent study by the 24-nation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found "virtually no progress in per-capita income over the past two decades" in countries south of the Sahara Desert. Worse yet, said the report, sub-Saharan Africa now produces less food per person than it did in 1960, despite the tens of billions of aid dollars spent on rural development. Among reasons for this dismal record...
...from Washington, Duarte announced a plan to strengthen the economy and reduce dependence on U.S. largesse. He devalued the Salvadoran colon by 50%, which led to consumer price increases, and imposed a tax on coffee, the country's main export, to pay for the war. With an average per capita income of $535, El Salvador now faces as much as 50% unemployment, up to 40% inflation and a flight of capital as wary businessmen invest overseas. To make matters worse, half a million people have been forced from their homes by the war. The earthquake, which killed as many...
...capita physician visits are also higher than ever before. Surveys reveal that we now seek medical attention for milder symptoms than ever in the past. We seem to be growing more discomfitted by the inevitable aches and ailments of life...
Singh is openly proud of his heritage and his country. "I don't see any other country in the world which has made so much progress in such a short time of its history," he says. "Although India's per capita income is very low, India has taken great strides in industrialization and modernization in the last 35 years...
...popularity of fast-food restaurants has also affected what Americans eat, not just where and how they do it. The places started to explode in the early '60s. Since then our per capita consumption of french fries has jumped from two pounds to 14 pounds, and soft-drink consumption has tripled...