Tag: United Nations Development Program

• Saturday, March 21st 2015 - 06:43 UTC

  Brazilian prosecutors call for tougher prison sentences and legal power to crack down corruption

  

  Prosecutors who uncovered Brazil's biggest corruption case called for tougher prison sentences and more legal powers to crack down on rampant graft that costs taxpayers more than the annual budget for education and health.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 04:27 UTC

  In the most unequal region, Uruguay has highest human development index

  

  Uruguay ranks third, behind Argentina and Chile, as the Latin American countries with the highest Human Development Index (HDI), according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) 2010 Report, which shows that, despite the significant progress many countries have made, the region continues to register the greatest inequality rates in the world.