5 responses to “Evenly matched?”

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   Wayne Lesch

   14 years Ago

   You did not clarify what the Gini coeficient of equality means. Equalty of what exactly? (Gender, Income, etc.)

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      Zai

      14 years Ago

      The Gini is the Ratio of the Wealth disparity between the Richest 20 % & the Poorest 20% of the country’s population.
      In SA the wealth would probably be concentrated with the people who in the past owned the nation’s mineral wealth & diversified post ’94 – a micro minority even within the top 20%.

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   abraham cunio

   14 years Ago

   I would be interested to see the list of all the countries.
   Is there such a list?
   I supose I could google it.

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      Zai

      14 years Ago

      http://hdr.undp.org/en
      Cut & Paste onto your web-Browser.
      SA has one of the highest Ginis on Earth – Generally the lower the Gini the more stable the Country – Irrespective of how Poor or Rich the Country.
      That’s why the rest of Africa has a Much lower Violent Crime Rate than SA – Everyones Poor.

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   Reut

   14 years Ago

   The Gini coefficient is a measure of inequality in a country’s wealth distribution.

   While it can be calculated using the disparity between a country’s richest 20% and poorest 20%, in this instance (2009 Human Development Report) it uses a country’s richest 10% and poorest 10%.

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