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Re: Chavez Loses Election on 'Reforms'

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Originally Posted by MattLarson View Post
Yes, but with the rapid growth in the price of oil, where's the rapid growth in the HDI (and other indicators) in Venezuela?

The fact that these things are flat, while revenues have risen exponentially, seems to indicate that Chavez is doing an even worse job than one would think at first blush.

Matt
Actually based on that pdf and the detailed HDI stats, it seems improvements have taken place 2003 and after. And i think you are not being fair. It takes time to educate and make a population healthy and stable, the HDI over the next ten years will tell a more complete story.

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