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Article: Kingdom makes further progress on human development scale: Human Development Index places Jordan above the regional average for Arab states.
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- Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan)
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- December 6, 2006
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Byline: Dalya Dajani
Dec. 6--AMMAN -- Jordan made further progress on the UN's scale of human development this year, moving four notches to 86 from 90 last year, according to the UNDP's 2006 Human Development Report (HDR) launched on Tuesday. The HDR 2006, which measures the progress of 177 countries in terms of life expectancy, adult literacy and per capita income, showed that Jordan's Human Development Index (HDI) progressed slightly this year from 0.753 to 0.760. It showed life expectancy as rising slightly to 71.6 years compared to 71.3 years last year while adult literacy stayed at 89.9 per cent, and real GDP per capita rose from $4,320 in 2005 to ...