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Ranking the Rich - which country really helps the poor?

The CDI highlights and ranks the rich countries’ policies themselves, not their final impact. This approach emphasizes what each rich country—regardless of size and reach—can do to improve opportunities for development throughout the world.

Call it trickle-up economics: When the poor become better off, so do the rich.

Canada is 18th.

Israel
A few hours after the Palestinian government approved a new Prime Minister, a suicide bomber struck in Tel Aviv killing three people and injuring dozens.