NEW YORK, June 29 (Hina) - Croatia was ranked at 49th in the standings of 174 countries covered by the annual report of the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
NEW YORK, June 29 (Hina) - Croatia was ranked at 49th in the
standings of 174 countries covered by the annual report of the UN
Development Programme (UNDP).#L#
The report is like a mirror in which they can see how they stand,
said one of directors at UNDP, Hilda Paqui, presenting the document
in New York.
According to the report for 2000, Canada is the first-ranked for the
seventh consecutive year. Norway and the United States are placed
the second and the third.
At the bottom of the rankings are Niger and Sierra Leone.
Croatia is among countries such as Estonia, the United Arab
Emirates or Costa Rica. Regarding a broader area around Croatia,
Italy was placed 19th, Slovenia 29th, Hungary 43th, Macedonia 69th,
while Bosnia-Herzegovina were not at all covered by the report.
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