Psst - wanna see a statistic? Singapore
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Singapore is very strict with its official information, to the point where it raided the offices of a business periodical for revealing government GDP estimates a few days before they were to be released. Singapore defines almost all government information as secret.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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India's deadly new statistic
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India has only 103 known cases of AIDS. World Health Organization estimates that 500,000 people are already HIV-positive. Prostitutes are the main avenues of contamination. Social mores and a huge glut of migrant workers increase the demand for these 'sex workers.'
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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Illfare
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India is an extremely dirty country, and poor sanitation causes outbreaks of diseases and a high child mortality rate. Corruption in the public sector keeps garbage from being collected properly. The educational systems favors the upper castes.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1995
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