The United Nations maintains a very useful interactive website, InfoNation , that enables us to create handsome tables comparing countries along various economic and social characteristics. Let's explore the relationship between per capita income and human development. China, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Brazil, and Cuba. You will now get a table comparing the five countries along the four variables you chose. Compare Brazil, on the one hand, with China and Sri Lanka on the other.
Brazil is obviously by far the richer country in terms of per capita income.
Singapore used to be a colony of the United Kingdom's. Compare Cuba and Saudi Arabia. Close the window. Let's now explore development at the grassroots. One useful source of information is the International Development Network .