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salamanderss | 2 years ago

You could do a lot worse than Rwanda if you were fleeing Russia or the West Bank or something. Usually CBI are investment only in name, they're seen as a total loss.

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alephnerd|2 years ago

Not really.

Rwanda has an HDI of 0.545 and this is suspect as well because they have been found to be fudging poverty and GDP metrics

Even Gaza under occupation had a HDI of 0.699 (roughly comparable to Vietnam). The West Bank regions are roughly comparable to neighboring Jordan around 0.710-0.730.

Even most Pakistanis, Afghans, and Syrians have better options in their home country from an economic standpoint.

Russia itself has almost reached a threshold around "Developed" with an HDI around 0.824.

salamanderss|2 years ago

I never meant to imply Rwanda is better than the aforementioned on a general level. When you are legitimately fleeing rather than economically migrating though that typically means your individual HDI of sorts was already near zero. It doesn't make much sense to use population HDI of origin for such persons.