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By a recent study, This is the list

1. Barbados
2. St.Kits and Nevis
3. Bahamas
4. Trinidad and Tobago
5. Antigua & Barbuda
6. Grenada
7. Dominica
8. St. Lucia
10 . St. Vincent and the Grenadines

These are the top caribbean countries in the Human Development Index.
The HDI (Human Development Index/Indicator) combines normalized measures of life expectancy, literacy, educational attainment, and GDP per capita for countries worldwide. It is claimed as a standard means of measuring human development—a concept that, according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), refers to the process of widening the options of persons, giving them greater opportunities for education, health care, income, employment,…

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In year 0, Country 1 has a per-capita income of $500 and Country 2 has a per capita income of $1000. Country 1’s per capita income grows at 10% per year and Country 2 grows at 5% per year.

a. What is each country’s per-capita income in Year 1
b. In how many years will Country 1’s per capita income catch up with Country 2?
c. Assume that Country 1 has a life expectancy of 50 years, adult literacy rate of 50%, and school enrollment rate of 50%. Assume Country 2 has a life expectancy of 75 years, adult literacy rate of 100%,…

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Please specify within it about trade, adult literacy rate, GNP, school enrolment, death rate and birth rate etc etc.
I will choose best answer for the best answer.
Thanks

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A journey into the life of the children in Rural Sierra Leone and the struggle to learn without books or supplies. The challenges of low adult literacy rates. The 10 year war claimed lives and limbs, but also an entire generation lost their education. Another generation is at risk.
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Human Development Index and Gender Development Index of India

The human development index (HDI) compiled by the UNDP, is a summary measure of a country’s human development. It measures the average achievements in a country in three basic dimensions:

•  a long and healthy life, as measured by life expectancy at birth;

•  access to knowledge, as measured by the adult literacy rate and the combined gross enrolment (sic) ratio in education; and

•  a decent standard of living, as measured by GDP per capita in purchasing power parity(PPP) US dollars.

These three dimensions are standardized to values between 0 and 1, and the simple…

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