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Society At A Glance 2009 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 132 pages...
...French spend twice as much time enjoying meals each day than most Americans, and get nearly an hour's more sleep each night than most Japanese (who averaged just 7.8 hours of shut-eye). The study, which is based on government data and Gallup polls from 18 of the OECD's member countries, includes a broad spectrum of "social indicators" - from education spending and fertility rates to adult height and "life satisfaction" - to determine how the different societies stack up. (See pictures of Paris expanding...
...death could prod Mexico to improve its general public health system once the epidemic has passed. The country of 110 million people still has fewer than two doctors per 1,000 inhabitants, almost half the average of countries belonging to the Paris-based Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In rural states and Oaxaca and Veracruz, where Mexico's first swine-flu cases (and first death) are believed to have emerged in late March and early April, access to physicians and nurses is even more threadbare. The nation's public health budget is about 3% of GDP, again about...
...markets are doing even better. The MSCI EM Asia Index is higher by 22.5% over three months, led by Pakistan (72.4%), Indonesia (36.9%), Taiwan (33.3%) and China (25%). Korea, which for some reason MSCI still classifies as an emerging market even though the country is a member of the OECD, is up 18.4%. India? Higher by 15.6%. The Philippines is up 13%, Malaysia 9.2% . . . you get the picture...
...spending your way out of crisis has its limitations. Next year, Japan's public debt is expected to rise to 197% of GDP, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). That would make Japan's debt ratio the highest among OECD nations and nearly twice that of the U.S. "If they spend money without reform, they can get growth," says Curtis. "But they will just increase the deficit and it won't be sustainable...