... around the world experienced economic downturn or a recession. Globalisation has also both positively and negatively affected the quality of life and the distribution of income in Vietnam. According to 2009 statistics, Vietnam's HDI index was 0.725 which ranked them 115th in the world. Furthermore, a 2009 report showed that one in five people living in relative poverty and in 2010, ... visually represented through the Lorenz Curve, as seen in the below: An example of the unequal distribution of the benefits of globalisation can be seen through how 80% of the population earn their income...

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... health care experts for older children and teenagers. Pediatricians currently provide about twenty-four percent of adolescent health care, and care of the adolescent population is expected to continue to increase pediatrician workforce needs. National statistics show that the number of births in the United States has been fairly stable for some time; about 4 million babies are born each ... and a particular shortage remains in rural and impoverished urban areas. In 1992, 59.3% of all nonmetropolitan counties, and 11.8% of all metropolitan counties, were without a general pediatrician (A...

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