Comments on: De-bunking Third World Myths http://indianeconomy.org/2007/08/31/de-bunking-third-world-myths/ Issues & insights Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:10:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Atanu Dey http://indianeconomy.org/2007/08/31/de-bunking-third-world-myths/#comment-214763 Atanu Dey Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:12:17 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/2007/08/31/de-bunking-third-world-myths/#comment-214763 Gosling, Rosling,whatever. Don't bother with the name. Gosling, Rosling,whatever. Don’t bother with the name.

]]> By: The Indian Economy Blog » New Insights on Poverty and Life http://indianeconomy.org/2007/08/31/de-bunking-third-world-myths/#comment-211007 The Indian Economy Blog » New Insights on Poverty and Life Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:12:42 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/2007/08/31/de-bunking-third-world-myths/#comment-211007 [...] around the world, again by Hans Gosling. Dont miss it - worth every minute. This talk is a follow up to the previous one (thanks Nikhil for the comment) that we had posted last week. [...] […] around the world, again by Hans Gosling. Dont miss it - worth every minute. This talk is a follow up to the previous one (thanks Nikhil for the comment) that we had posted last week. […]

]]> By: Nikhil Nayak http://indianeconomy.org/2007/08/31/de-bunking-third-world-myths/#comment-210707 Nikhil Nayak Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:02:20 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/2007/08/31/de-bunking-third-world-myths/#comment-210707 Google has bought the Trendalyzer software that was developed by Hans Gossling's team and the data is now available on the web. Link: <a>Google Gapminder World 2006 Beta</a> I have been testing variables against population and I am surprised to see that there seems no correlation with what I had hoped to see - I have always assumed that many of our problems are linked to our massive population problem. Google has bought the Trendalyzer software that was developed by Hans Gossling’s team and the data is now available on the web.

Link: Google Gapminder World 2006 Beta

I have been testing variables against population and I am surprised to see that there seems no correlation with what I had hoped to see - I have always assumed that many of our problems are linked to our massive population problem.

]]> By: ajoy http://indianeconomy.org/2007/08/31/de-bunking-third-world-myths/#comment-210539 ajoy Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:42:57 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/2007/08/31/de-bunking-third-world-myths/#comment-210539 Hans Gosling gave a follow up talk on the same topic and the ending is AWESOME. http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/140 Even better than the previous talk. Hans Gosling gave a follow up talk on the same topic and the ending is AWESOME.

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/140

Even better than the previous talk.

]]> By: Balaji Viswanathan http://indianeconomy.org/2007/08/31/de-bunking-third-world-myths/#comment-210421 Balaji Viswanathan Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:03:09 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/2007/08/31/de-bunking-third-world-myths/#comment-210421 You could embed with the Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w Hans Gosling has done an amazing bit of presentation and data analysis. It should be a bible for power-point presenters, public speakers, data analysts and most importantly college professors, who think that the only way to convey advancted information is boring, dull and colorless soup of numbers. You could embed with the Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w

Hans Gosling has done an amazing bit of presentation and data analysis. It should be a bible for power-point presenters, public speakers, data analysts and most importantly college professors, who think that the only way to convey advancted information is boring, dull and colorless soup of numbers.

]]> By: Nikhil Nayak http://indianeconomy.org/2007/08/31/de-bunking-third-world-myths/#comment-209175 Nikhil Nayak Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:40:21 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/2007/08/31/de-bunking-third-world-myths/#comment-209175 Best data I've ever seen ... period. Thanks for posting this! Best data I’ve ever seen … period. Thanks for posting this!

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