Hello kivo-ga,
Welcome back. You?ve asked another very interesting question. I was
amazed at the number of ?worst country? lists I was able to find.
Since you didn?t specify strict criteria for including a country on
the worst list, I?ve organized the material I?ve found to help you
draw your own conclusions. As you can imagine, most of the countries
suffering the worst are also among the poorest and least developed.
The information I?ve found definitely gives us a lot of food for
thought.
Best wishes for your project.
~ czh ~
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CURRENT WARS AND CIVIL UNREST
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http://www.strategypage.com/fyeo/qndguide/default.asp?target=wars.htm
Quick & Dirty Guide to Wars In The World
Current wars are listed in alphabetical orders. Text underneath
briefly describes current status. Click on country name for more
details.
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http://library.hilton.kzn.school.za/History/currentwars.htm
Hilton College Media Centre
Current Wars and Conflicts
***** See list of about a half dozen links to compilations of current unrest.
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http://comnet.org/wilpf/wars.html
Current wars: more than a 1000 deaths per year
***** This is a somewhat dated table of wars all over the world.
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/curr_war.htm
RELIGIOUSLY-BASED CIVIL UNREST AND WARFARE
Current conflicts and wars:
Some of the world's current "hot spots" which have as their base a
significant component of religious intolerance are listed below:
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WORST COUNTRIES ? POLITICAL, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/mrr2004.pdf
The Worst of the Worst: The World?s Most Repressive Societies -- 2004
***** This is a 132 page report. See press release for brief overview.
http://www.freedomhouse.org/media/pressrel/040204.htm
WORLD'S WORST REGIMES UNVEILED
Some of the world's greatest human rights violators sit on UN Human
Rights Commission
UNITED NATIONS, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, April 2, 2004 -- Freedom House
today released its annual list of the world's most repressive nations
before the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Five of the
fifteen countries are members of the UN body, which is charged with
monitoring and condemning human rights violations.
The report, titled "The Worst of the Worst: The World's Most
Repressive Societies, 2004," includes detailed summations of the dire
human rights situations Burma, China, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea,
Eritrea, Laos, Libya, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan,
Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. Chechnya, Tibet, and
Western Sahara are included as territories under Russian, Chinese, and
Moroccan jurisdiction respectively.
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http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/freeworld/2001/
FREEDOM IN THE WORLD 2000-2001
Freedom in the World is an institutional effort by Freedom House to
monitor the progress and decline of political rights and civil
liberties in 192 nations and 17 related and disputed territories.
http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/freeworld/2001/represive.htm
The 11 Worst Rated Countries
Afghanistan
Burma
Cuba
Equatorial Guinea
Iraq
North Korea
Libya
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Syria
Turkmenistan
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http://www.wehaitians.com/the%2010%20worst%20countries%20in%20the%20world.html
The 10 worst countries in the world
Newsweek International
July 9, 2001 issue - Benighted nations that plumb the depths f state
oppression, poverty and all-round misery
1. North Korea
2. Afghanistan
3. Sierra Leone
4. Sudan
5. Angola
6. Tajikistan
7. Dem. Rep. of Congo
8. Albania
9. Haiti
10. Iraq
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http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/chinadn/en/archives/001472.html
November 11, 2003
The best and worst countries for media corruption
According to a survey by the Institute for Public Relations in the US,
China, followed by Saudi Arabia and Vietnam is ranked the worst
country in the world for media corruption. Northern European countries
such as Finland and Denmark top the survey list, which ranks countries
in various categories such as the freedom of the press and ethical
codes for journalists.
http://www.prpassport.com/index-cash-for-news-2003-final.pdf
Research Report ? 7/21/03
A Composite Index by Country of Variables Related to the Likelihood of
the Existence of ?Cash for News Coverage?
Bottom 10 Countries
China
Saudi Arabia
Vietnam
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Egypt
Jordan
Bahrain
Nigeria
Indonesia
***** See Table on pp. 4-5 of 57 page report.
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http://www.cpj.org/enemies/worst_places_02/worst_places_02.html
CPJ Names World's Worst Places to Be a Journalist
New York, May 3, 2002?The Committee to Protect Journalists marks World
Press Freedom Day by naming the world's worst places to be a
journalist?10 places whose dangers and restrictions represent the full
range of current threats to press freedom.
At the top of the list is the West Bank, where Israeli prime minister
Ariel Sharon's government has used extraordinary force to keep
journalists from covering its recent military incursion. Next is
Colombia, where violent reprisals against the press by all factions in
the civil conflict have made this the most deadly beat in the Western
Hemisphere. Meanwhile, dangers persist in Afghanistan, where eight
journalists were killed in the line of duty in late 2001, and where
U.S. government actions have hindered independent reporting on the
war. CPJ also placed Eritrea, Belarus, Burma, Zimbabwe, Iran,
Kyrgyzstan, and Cuba on the list of worst places to be a journalist.
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http://www.peopleandplanet.net/pdoc.php?id=1942 Mothers fare best in
Sweden and worst in Niger, index reveals
Posted: 13 Nov 2003
The study ranked poor countries Niger, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and
Guinea-Bissau at the bottom of the list follwed by Yemen, Sierra
Leone, Guinea, Mali, Chad and Angola.
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http://www.aegis.com/news/upi/2001/UP010803.html
Oman health system tops, Zimbabwe worst
United Press International - Friday, 10 August 2001
The bottom 10 countries in the league table were all African. South
Africa was No. 182, followed by Sierra Leone, Swaziland, the
Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia,
Zambia and, in last place, Zimbabwe.
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http://archive.parade.com/2004/0222/0222_dictators.html
The World?s 10 Worst Dictators
Published: February 22, 2004
1. Kim Jong Il, North Korea.
Age 63. In power since 1994.
2. Than Shwe, Burma.
Age 71. In power since 1992.
3. Hu Jintao, China.
Age 61. In power since 2002.
4. Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe.
Age 80. In power since 1980.
5. Crown Prince Abdullah, Saudi Arabia.
Age 80. In power since 1995.
6. Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Equatorial Guinea.
Age 61. In power since 1979.
7. Omar Al-Bashir, Sudan.
Age 59. In power since 1989.
8. Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan.
Age 64. In power since 1990.
9. Fidel Castro, Cuba.
Age 77. In power since 1959.
10. King Mswati III, Swaziland.
Age 35. In power since 1986.
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http://www.peacewomen.org/news/Ethiopia/newsarchive03/mothers.html
ETHIOPIA IS ONE OF WORLD'S WORST COUNTRIES FOR MOTHERS
May 7, 2003 ? (IRIN) Ethiopia is one of the worst countries in the
world to be a mother, according to a global study by the NGO, Save the
Children.
Only Niger and Burkina Faso are ranked worse, according to the annual
'Mothers Index' report released on Tuesday.
The 43-page report found a mother's level of education and access to
family planning services were most strongly linked to an infant's
survival and well-being.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200305070694.html
***** Report can be downloaded for free but registration is required.
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http://allsands.com/Money/stockmarketcou_xzp_gn.htm
Best and worst countries to play the stock market
Sometimes the best performing markets are your best bet when
investing. If you check the history of a market, and it looks fairly
solid, perhaps you should invest. But the biggest investments actually
could come in countries that are found in the above "worst" list.
These countries have nowhere to go but up, and companies in these
countries can be bought very inexpensively.
Worst
? Pakistan
? India
? China
? Hungary
? Taiwan
? Mexico
? Venezuela
? Colombia
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http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=55292
Business News of Sunday, 04 April 2004
WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush's administration cited 55
countries Thursday, including Ghana, in its annual review of countries
it alleges have the worst trade barriers faced by U.S. exporters.
Countries cited in the report were: Angola, Argentina, Australia,
Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Ivory Coast, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El
Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India,
Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Malaysia,
Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan,
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia,
Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand,
Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam and the trading groups
of the European Union, the Arab League and the Gulf Co-operation
Council.
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http://www.thehindu.com/2003/03/06/stories/2003030602541300.htm
Mar 06, 2003
`Quality of water in India among the worst'
New Delhi March 5. A world water development report of the United
Nations has categorised India among the worst countries for poor
quality of water, as well as their ability and commitment to improve
the situation.
The report ranks 122 countries according to the quality of their water
as well as their ability and commitment to improve the situation.
Belgium is considered the worst basically because of the low quantity
and quality of its groundwater combined with heavy industrial
pollution and poor treatment of waste water. It is followed by
Morocco, India, Jordan, Sudan, Niger, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central
African Republic and Rwanda.
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http://www.warchild.org/projects/mines/ldburden.html
WAR CHILD Landmine Project
The Burden List -- Country and Regions with Landmine Burden
***** This is an alphabetical list. You have to do your own ranking
based on the numbers.
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