Name: New insights on poverty
Uploaded: 2007-06-25T09:12:00Z
Duration: 18 min 43 s
Description: Researcher Hans Rosling uses his cool data tools to show how countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. He demos Dollar Street, comparing households of varying income levels worldwide. Then he does something really amazing.

Hans Rosling: New insights on poverty

New insights on poverty

Researcher Hans Rosling uses his cool data tools to show how countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. He demos Dollar Street, comparing households of varying income levels worldwide. Then he does something really amazing.

Global trends show that countries often advance in health and education faster than their economies grow. In 1820, Austria and Sweden lost one-fifth of their children before age one, but today most nations surpass 90 percent child survival. Animated data reveal that terms like 'developed' and 'developing' no longer capture the real picture. Progress, though uneven and carbon-intensive, proves that dramatic change is possible.