Random chart - China VC

Source: Chinese Venture Capital Abroad

Random chart - toilets

Source: World’s Biggest Toilet-Building Spree Is Under Way in India


They have to then use them!

Random charts - health care

 

 

Source: Delivering quality health services; A global imperative for universal health coverage (100-pg WHO PDF)

Random charts - AI & Watson

 

 

 

 

 

Source: Creating Shareholder Value with AI? Not so Elementary, My Dear Watson (53-pg PDF)

Random pictures - cities

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Source: Travel Photographer of The year 2017: Wallpapers: Cities (National Geographic)

 

Go to the link for the full, un-cropped pictures and many more!

Random chart - waste

Source: Managing waste in emerging markets

"... Economic growth in emerging economies is bringing prosperity, rising living standards, and overdue relief from poverty, but increased consumption typically increases resource use—especially the use of plastics—and waste production...

The Philippines is a case in point: it produces 2.7 million metric tons of plastic waste per year—600,000 metric tons in metro Manila alone. While the country has high waste-collection rates overall (84 percent nationwide), 17 percent of collected plastics is lost into the marine ecosystem after collection because of illegal dumping and poor landfill siting and operating practices. For uncollected plastics, the ocean-leakage rate is even higher, at 31 percent. The economic losses in tourism, fisheries, and healthcare are considerable. We estimate that each metric ton of uncollected mixed waste represents an average loss of approximately $375.

As Inge Lardinois and Arnold van de Klundert wrote 20 years ago: “By almost any form of evaluation, solid waste management is a growing environmental and financial problem in developing countries. Despite significant efforts in the last decades, the majority of municipalities in the developing countries cannot manage the growing volume of waste produced in their cities...”

Random charts - medical devices

 

Source: Better Evidence on Medical Devices: A Coordinating Center for a 21st Century National Medical Device Evaluation System (23-pg PDF)

Vulture down

 Photo credit: Radio Sai

Earlier blog entries had looked at the unfortunate demise of vultures in Asia (specifically the Indian subcontinent), e.g. blog entry here. 

Having decimated the vultures there, apparently it's now the turn of Africa, see: "Almost half the vultures in Africa are on the brink of extinction because they scavenge on meat poisoned by farmers, a report by BirdLife International has warned..."

Random chart - Sub-Saharan Africa

Source: Health Care, Education Are Top Priorities in Sub-Saharan Africa

Random charts - maps

Source: 38 maps that explain the global economy

The first map above demonstrates how big the issue of "open defecation" is and notes: "... Given India's dense population, open defecation is a major public health problem, with feces inevitably contaminating drinking water. This leads to intestinal disease and contributes to India's high rate of child malnutrition. This malnutrition problem is more widespread than you would expect given India's income level and, by stunting kids' development, contributes to slower economic growth in the future. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's budget calls for spending that will aim to eliminate open defecation by 2019..."  One can hope!  A lot more on this topic can be found here.

The second map above uses "... historical data to show the world's "economic center of gravity" over time. The map plots the center point in three-dimensional space, which renders the north-south aspect somewhat less interesting, but the east-west movement over time is fascinating. A thousand years ago, economic activity was centered near the middle of the Eurasian landmass. By the early 20th century, the Industrial Revolution in Europe and the growth of the United States pulled the center way to the west. But since 1980 or so, Asia has been growing faster than the US and Europe and dragging the middle back to where it was centuries ago. By 2025, McKinsey thinks the global economy will once again be balanced around the middle of Eurasia..."

Check out the other 36!

Random charts - prosperity

 

 

 

 

 

Source: The Prosperity Index

Random charts - economies

 

 

 

 

 

Source: Purchasing Power Parities and Real Expenditures of World Economies Summary of Results and Findings of the 2011 International Comparison Program (104-pg PDF)

Random charts - child marriage

 

 

Source: Marrying Too Young; End Child Marriage UNPF 2012 (76-page PDF)

Random charts - child health

 

 

 

 

 

Source: Time to Act: Investing in the Health of Our Children and Communities. Recommendations From the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America (120-pg PDF)

"In 2008, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) convened the Commission to Build a Healthier Americato help us find better ways to improve the health of our nation. In their search for solutions, the Commissioners found that there is much more to health than health care and that where we live, learn, work, and play profoundly influence our health..."

Their recommendations? 

"Recommendation 1: Make investing in America’s youngest children a high priority. This will require a significant shift in spending priorities and major new initiatives to ensure that families and communities build a strong foundation in the early years for a lifetime of good health. 

Recommendation 2: Fundamentally change how we revitalize neighborhoods, fully integrating health into community development. 

Recommendation 3: The nation must take a much more health-focused approach to health care financing and delivery. Broaden the mindset, mission, and incentives for health professionals and health care institutions beyond treating illness to helping people lead healthy lives."

Read it!

Random chart - obesity

Source: Future diets: Implications for agriculture and food prices

"... Indeed, the world has seen an explosion in overweight and obesity in the past 30 years (Figure 1). Globally the percentage of adults who were overweight or obese grew from 23% in 1980 to 34% in 2008, with the vast majority of this increase seen in the developing world. Here, the numbers of people affected more than tripled, from around 250 million people in 1980 to 904 million in 2008. By contrast, the number of people who were overweight or obese in high-income countries increased 1.7 times over the same period. The evidence is well-established: obesity, together with excessive consumption of fat and salt, is linked to the rising global incidence of non-communicable diseases including some cancers, diabetes, heart disease and strokes. What has changed is that the majority of people who are overweight or obese today can be found in the developing, rather than the developed, world..."

Random charts - Unmanned systems

 

 

 

Source: Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap FY2013-2038 (168-pg PDF)