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Happy isle tops happy planet index
Thursday, July 13, 2006
SINGAPORE - Reuters
The tiny nation of Vanuatu, one of the "happy isles of Oceania," has topped a new index that measures quality of life against environmental impact, with industrial countries, perhaps unsurprisingly, faring badly.
The U.K.-based New Economics Foundation (NEF) aimed to measure the environmental efficiency of global progress with its "Happy Planet Index" report, which it said painted a different order of world wealth but showed all countries could do better. "
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