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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been ranked 52nd, ahead from India (60th), among 79 developing economies in the Inclusive Development Index (IDI), according to a World Economic Forum (WEF) report.
The ‘Inclusive Growth and Development Report 2017’, released in Davos on Monday, said that most countries were missing important opportunities to raise economic growth and reduce inequality at the same time because the growth model and measurement tools that have guided policy-makers for decades required significant readjustment.
India has been ranked 60th, below neighbouring China and Pakistan, according to the WEF report, carried by The Asian Age, an Indian newspaper.
Various Indian newspapers including The Hindu, Indian Express, Deccan Herald, Punjab Times and others carried the report, highlighting that India ranked below China and Pakistan in the IDI.
The index is based on 12 performance indicators. In order to provide a more complete measure of economic development than GDP growth alone, the index has three pillars — growth and development, inclusion and intergenerational equity, and sustainability. Lithuania tops the list of 79 developing economies that also features Azerbaijan and Hungary at second and third positions, respectively.
China is ranked 15th, Nepal 27th, Bangladesh 36th and Pakistan 52nd. Two BRIC nations, Russia and Brazil, are at 13th and 30th places, respectively.
Others in the top-10 are: Poland 4th, Romania 5th, Uruguay 6th, Latvia 7th, Panama 8th, Costa Rica 9th and Chile 10th.
Published in Dawn, January 17th, 2017
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Jan 17, 2017 11:26am
Pakistan should continue to work hard and aim to continue improve its index markers. We are not in a competition with any country but ourselves. We should aim fir fir the sky and compete with the countries in the top 5 spots who can act as good role models and examples to follow. Keep up the good work Pakistan!
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Jan 17, 2017 11:30am
if Nepal is ahead of India.. we dont mind.. as it's not our competition :)
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Jan 17, 2017 11:27am
Please note : "China is ranked 15th, Nepal 27th, Bangladesh 36th and Pakistan 52nd. Two BRIC nations, Russia and Brazil, are at 13th and 30th places, respectively.
Others in the top-10 are: Poland 4th, Romania 5th, Uruguay 6th, Latvia 7th, Panama 8th, Costa Rica 9th and Chile 10th"
India and Pakistan should be ashamed of their rankings !!
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Jan 17, 2017 11:34am
This means we are voting for Nawaz again !! Woohooo, another 4 years of misery, corruption, and loans.
Now on a serious note I really hope that we are able to pay back these loans and retain a healthy chunk of revenues to be invested in Pakistan economy because these policies would hamper Pakistan well being in the long run. Tax collection gap has widened by rs 12 billion plus in 2016 which goes on to show that corruption, and greed continues to grow across all levels.
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Jan 17, 2017 11:33am
Remember when Modi challenged Pakistan to see who wins in development and reducing poverty? Guess who is the loser now?
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Jan 17, 2017 11:37am
Without having any consus in pakistan for the last 20 years, how can anybody know about the situation in pakistan?
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Jan 17, 2017 11:38am
yea, right!
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Jan 17, 2017 11:43am
This just means capitalism is at its play..capitalism brutally supports the talented and punishes the lack.
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Jan 17, 2017 11:45am
@maverik these rankings are baseless .. GDP PPP and economic strength with poverty upliftment are the real deal and Indian is way ahead in the top compared to pak
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Jan 17, 2017 11:51am
Seems like Modi's isolation formula working against India.
Good luck Pakistan. Keep going.
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Jan 17, 2017 11:47am
If Bangladesh and China are ahead than Pakistan. Then we don't mind. They're not in our competition list.
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Jan 17, 2017 11:48am
Congrats to Pak..
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Jan 17, 2017 11:55am
And Nepal and Bangladesh leave Pakistan and India by huge margin.
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Jan 17, 2017 11:55am
ANYBODY KNOWS WHAT IS THIS INDEX FOR ????
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Jan 17, 2017 12:03pm
Modi taking India backwards
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Jan 17, 2017 12:04pm
Noteban effect. Its a short time pain but we can have long time gain after some time.
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Jan 17, 2017 12:04pm
it is great news for all Pakistanis. we are optimistic about further development.
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Jan 17, 2017 12:07pm
@kiran khan read the article......
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Jan 17, 2017 12:07pm
@raja says who?
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Jan 17, 2017 12:11pm
@MAVERICK as far as two fields i.e. development and reducing poverty are concerned, India has higherHDI and rate of reducing poverty due to its higher GDP growth.So guess who is the loser now.
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Jan 17, 2017 12:12pm
Well done Nawaz Sharif. Keep doing the good work.
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Jan 17, 2017 12:17pm
@PAUL SAMUELSON .... it says "among 79 developing economies". I wonder if Russia and China are also among developing economies?
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Jan 17, 2017 12:19pm
Funny thing is that the economy of both Nepal and Bangladesh is heavily dependent on India.
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Jan 17, 2017 12:29pm
Will india really be bothered when countries like Romania Poland and Chile lead the group? Get real.
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Jan 17, 2017 12:32pm
Another "Choti Choti Khushiyan" (little pleasures of life) for Pakistanis that we are ahead of India.
If people are dying on cold hospital floors, if there is no law to protect 10 year olds from Judge Sahab's brutality, if ...
Irrespective of the rank and the score, there is no cause for celebration.
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Jan 17, 2017 12:32pm
Under Modi, India is going down in everything. BJP does not have very qualified ministers and technocrats. BJP failed during Vajpai also.
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Jan 17, 2017 12:32pm
on what parameters these rankings are made and does it benefits anyone?
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Jan 17, 2017 12:33pm
Seems list is published in reverse order
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Jan 17, 2017 12:40pm
Congrats!! Hope Civil and Military leadership comes together for a development agenda rather than power. That would be a real game changer instead of CPEC!
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Jan 17, 2017 12:37pm
There is lot of work to do for bringing about economic equity in the societies both in India and Pakistan. Let us not go by statistics. There is not much difference whether score is 52 or 60
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Jan 17, 2017 12:41pm
@Bhola Bhala bro, you are being misled. Nepal can be; but Bangladesh do not heavily depend on India. Rather you can say India depends on BD; because India exports BD more than import.
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Jan 17, 2017 12:47pm
Tell this to all the pakistani asylum seekers in Europe!!
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Jan 17, 2017 12:44pm
@Srinath Can't digest?
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Jan 17, 2017 12:46pm
these economist keep playing wit the numbers and come up with all sort of variations under different headings .....of similar data ,presented according to their agenda...For us ...thanks to Raheel Shareef, the security situation in Pakistan has improved a lot ..( Alhamdulillah) and if we improve further ..no doubt country will be growing in exponential numbers ...let Pakistan rulers be honest and sincere to the country ...rest will all get better by itself ....
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Jan 17, 2017 12:49pm
Yes Pakistan has finally WON, great job done.
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Jan 17, 2017 12:50pm
east or west Nawaz is the best.
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Jan 17, 2017 12:57pm
Wish my neighbour all the best of lucks towards growth and development. I think development and love between citizens towards each other is the only way forward because our governments are not that keen to ensure that between each other. Pakistan is comparatively smaller in geographic size, hence any effort to bring in positive development will not take much pains to yield result. Good luck again.
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Jan 17, 2017 01:00pm
@Srinath
Poverty in two countries:
Here is most recent World Development Bank Data about Percent of population living under 1.90 and 3.10 a day 2011 dollars (Purchasing power parity)
Pakistan less than $1.90 is 8.3 2010, less than $3.10 is 44.97 2010
India less than $1.90 is 12.4 2012, less than $3.10 is 58.01 2011
Income inequality in two countries:
The ratio of the average income of the richest 20% to the poorest 20%
India 5.6 times, Pakistan 4.3 times
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Jan 17, 2017 01:00pm
All of us have to thank the God for providing Mian sahib to our country, who pioneered this phenomenal growth....
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Jan 17, 2017 01:03pm
Congratulations...
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Jan 17, 2017 01:01pm
This what makes some Pakistanis Happy, So be it...
What we need to really look forward is to aim in attaining a position in Top Ten.
Pakistan and India should compete with someone else, so that the growth will be faster and better.
In my honest opinion we should be ashamed of not being in top Ten, we should determine to do better.
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Jan 17, 2017 01:10pm
Its all due to China.
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Jan 17, 2017 01:17pm
Smaller and limited economies seem to be topping this list. China is considerable but countries like Nepal and Bangladesh, whose economies are totally dependent on India are also ranked above India. That said, even Uruguay and Panama are in the top-10 of this index, Russia, with it's doomed economy is also ranked above India.
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Jan 17, 2017 01:17pm
A friend of mine just posted holiday pictures and videos from Delhi, Agra and Kerela on Facebook and all places looked clean, beautiful and people well dressed.
Throw all indexes out of the window!!
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Jan 17, 2017 01:23pm
Good going. Happy when our neighbors focus on economics and humanity.
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Jan 17, 2017 01:26pm
@Rakhal Completely agree,but Bangladesh exports illegal immigrants to India.
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Jan 17, 2017 01:27pm
I think they made a mistake, actually Pakistan has left everyone behind when it comes to white collar corruption
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Jan 17, 2017 01:31pm
Congratulations Pakistan!! At least it is ahead in something positive. Although I don't know how the inclusiveness and inter-generational gap is measured when there is no census figures for last many decades in Pakistan. But congrats anyway!!
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Jan 17, 2017 01:36pm
Race in this field is most welcome.
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Jan 17, 2017 01:41pm
@ompuri Is that Clucking. Did someone brought a chicken. :D. Bro we both should be ashamed, less developed countries are ahead of us. This list should be a wake up call for us to fight for what is right. And "right" is economic progress.
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Jan 17, 2017 01:42pm
@Indian New Yorker Damn right.
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Jan 17, 2017 02:00pm
Great work Pakistan!
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Jan 17, 2017 01:59pm
We just compare with success not failure... we have a goal.
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Jan 17, 2017 02:05pm
Don't forget, Pakistan is also ahead of India in Corruption, Illiteracy, Nepotism and Feudal lordships!
Congratulation. Sometimes we are right at the bottom, and sometimes, we are right at the top!! Very few can claim this distinction.
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Jan 17, 2017 02:13pm
Congratulations Pakistan. You have some good news to celebrate.
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Jan 17, 2017 02:13pm
China worlds 2nd richest country on 15th position tells whole story of this data
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Jan 17, 2017 02:17pm
@maverik
do you know what you are talking?
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Jan 17, 2017 02:24pm
For God sake, stop comparing with india on every indicator! India is not a benchmark for every thing. It may be good in few things and may be bad in many other things. What we need to see is how are our citizens faring in the fieds of education, health, security, poverty, science when compared with our peer countries.
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Jan 17, 2017 02:40pm
Then how come there are hundreds of thousands of Pakistani fake asylum seekers in Europe?
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Jan 17, 2017 02:47pm
@viv .but in poverty reducing pak is also way ahead of india
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Jan 17, 2017 02:51pm
wonderful news . it's a big achievement no doubt.
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Jan 17, 2017 02:54pm
Then, congrats...
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Jan 17, 2017 02:51pm
52nd or 60th: Not a good ranking at all
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Jan 17, 2017 03:35pm
@point of view
Congratulation Pakistan.
Now I expect, Pakistan people will not require to come to India for Medical treatment
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Jan 17, 2017 03:43pm
@Indian New Yorker .and what about Indians who working n west with bogus degrees and documents
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Jan 17, 2017 03:51pm
Yeah Pakistan left India oh India left behind Pakistan behind. Great thank you while 50 million Pakistanis defecate in open and 600 million in India. No one left anyone behind. The reality is when you PMLN, PPP and King Nawaz group leave Pakistan, we will see all the Index will improve in Pakistan.
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Jan 17, 2017 04:00pm
Imagine if NS government actually functioned and the economy was at the level it was under Musharraf, Pakistan could be at least 10 points higher on this index.
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Jan 17, 2017 03:55pm
@Khwarazmi You spelled the name wrong, picking an ardent commentator...anyways type Agra, Delhi, Mumbai on Google search and the cities doesn't looks clean compared to Lahore and Islamabad...
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Jan 17, 2017 04:02pm
I don't think this is the correct analysis. The criteria of ranking is very important. The overall inclusive growth is the most critical factor for deciding the progress and not in terms of GDP or other similar instruments.
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Jan 17, 2017 05:00pm
52 out of 79 us bad. Even Eastern European , Latin American and Nepal and BD are ahead of us. God knows what the govt is doing
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Jan 17, 2017 05:01pm
we are highlighting Pakistan is above India, but Bangladesh has beaten both. We should be using the right goalposts to measure against not always comparing with just india.
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Jan 17, 2017 05:10pm
@Khwarazmi . you can find good and beautiful places even in the poorest country, what is your logic ? Can we say India is the dirtiest and poorest country in the world based on photos of Mumbai's slums?
"Inclusive", this is all this report about. period.
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Jan 17, 2017 05:28pm
PAk is full of corruption and no anti poverty plans. India is worst !!! Problem is : Rich people more and more rich and poor people poorer ....
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Jan 17, 2017 05:41pm
@Srinath : Common...let's not be sore losers. Pakistan has a better ranking and that's good for them and hopefully for the entire sub-continent. Why call it baseless!
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Jan 17, 2017 05:48pm
Thanks to China for stablising Pakistan economy and also thanks the Pakistan Army for doing efforts to stablise democracy in the country. We can earn more financial success in near future if continue with the same hard work and mission
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Jan 17, 2017 05:56pm
Bangladesh at 36 number is food for thought for Pakistan
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Jan 17, 2017 06:11pm
@haroon keep working
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Jan 17, 2017 06:34pm
Congrats to Pakistan for their recent development. I don't understand how Bangladesh Economy is dependent on India? We barely export anything to India while India earn more than 15 billion dollar from us by exporting EVERY YEAR. Is it some kind elitist mentality of our Indian Brother that stopping them from seeing it or they don't understand the simple thing? There are Millions of Indian business depends on Bangladeshi consumer and just imagine how many jobs it creates for the Indian people. Saying that Bangladesh's economy depended on India is just ignorance.
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Jan 17, 2017 06:37pm
Don't worry it's a part of Modi isolation :-D
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Jan 17, 2017 06:51pm
@maverik
Do you KNOW what "inclusive growth" is?
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Jan 17, 2017 06:52pm
Congratulations!!!!!!!!
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Jan 17, 2017 06:55pm
@BNJ bangladesh has less poverty in india.don't blame bangladesh for your failure.
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Jan 17, 2017 07:19pm
Lithuania topping the list and Nepal much ahead of India and Pakistan?? What list is this? Nothing to do with growth index, it looks like.
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Jan 17, 2017 07:16pm
@BNJ: stop spreading baseless radicalist saffron mythos! Bangla is far better than india! social index show at least ! we know how you people are trying
to destroy nepal by indian infiltration in Madesh and terai regions !!!!
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Jan 17, 2017 07:21pm
This is the kind of competition that should be there between neighbours and not on count of nuclear arsenals. Congrats Pakistan for now, we will soon take over if political sanity does not collapse ;)
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Jan 17, 2017 07:23pm
During development there are different phases and in some phases there is a possibility of unequal development within the country. It should not be a worry as some areas develop slowly than others.
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Jan 17, 2017 07:27pm
@Vivek (Indore) I can't understand how Bangladesh economy is dependent on India? Trade balance is totaly on India's favour. Is'nt it a big joke?
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Jan 17, 2017 07:32pm
Being a common Indian I am very happy about the developments in India over last decades. There is definitely scope for improvements but these development index statistics play no role in the actual ground situation. India has definately imporved by leaps over its neighboring countries.
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Jan 17, 2017 07:43pm
Beating India is nothing to be proud of. Two backward countries who invented the number zero for a good reason.
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Jan 17, 2017 07:55pm
CPEC will bring back Ayub Khan days when Pakistan was ahead of India more than 50 percent in per capita income instead of 40 percent behind now.
Any one opposing CPEC is minority to be ignored.
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Jan 17, 2017 08:20pm
@AAhmed you need to look at HDI for true picture of development. Pakistan is way behind in that
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Jan 17, 2017 08:24pm
@TBH India ranks 131 in the world in HDI, Pakistan at 141...so how is India way ahead. In many indices India is behind Pakistan like multi dimensional poverty percentage etc.
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/more-gender-inequality-in-india-than-pak-bangla-un/
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Jan 17, 2017 08:43pm
@Pakistani. It's a big difference considering Pakistan to be ahead in WEF index. My point is more about reliability of these reports more than India vs Pakistan debate.
You also need to look at many indices covered in HDI.
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Jan 17, 2017 08:46pm
With India economy more diversified hopefully there will be more growth. GST and increased FDI India will make progress so is Pakistan but it's economy is textile dependent. It can make difference
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Jan 17, 2017 08:55pm
Pakistan has natural resources and brains to excell and progress. We need a selfless leader who will put country's need ahead of himself and his family.
Sad that almost all leaders and political parties have only one goal in power to fill up there bank accounts.
we an honest accountability process.
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Jan 17, 2017 09:07pm
Great News!
Finally after a long time Pakistan is on the track of Prosperity.
There cannot be any comparison between India and Pakistan as there is a big difference in their size and population.
Lets hope and pray for Peace, Progress and Prosperity in all those countries, especially, India and Pakistan.
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Jan 17, 2017 09:28pm
I can see Pak being isolated as per the policy of the neighbourhood bully. Good work, just put your head down and make Pak a true progressive country.
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Jan 17, 2017 09:49pm
I would love to see India at bottom of such rankings which would get PM Modi to do more instead of getting complacent.
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Jan 17, 2017 09:52pm
Congrats to Pakistan. This healthy competition should continue.
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Jan 17, 2017 09:55pm
Congratulations pakistan!!. Keep it up
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Jan 17, 2017 10:01pm
@PAUL SAMUELSON, agreed, both India and Pakistan should be ashamed of their rankings!
If these two countries can work with each other, both economies will fly but we rather fight each other then think about growth and people.
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Jan 17, 2017 10:17pm
So? Does anyone even know how it is calculated and what it stands for?
The HDI is the most respected which stands for Human Development Index - was formulated by a Pakistani and promoted by an Indian and it shows how developed you average man on the street is... check where Pak stands on that
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Jan 17, 2017 11:08pm
and Indian is behind both Pakistan and Bangladesh. Keep up the good work Modi, achay din bus agaiye.
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Jan 17, 2017 11:17pm
Being ranked at 52 out of 79 developing countries is not enviable. In South Asia, Nepal and Bangladesh are far ahead of us.
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Jan 19, 2017 10:49am
Congratulations on this achievement. But do not compare with India. Your population is just equal to one state of India.
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Jan 20, 2017 10:17am
When was the last Census held in Pakistan??
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