Forty three per cent of Americans approve of using gene therapy to enhance the physical and behavioural traits of children, as well as to resolve problems of genetic disease.
TLS
19th October 2001
In 2000, Malaysia received $5.5 billion of Foreign Direct Investment, while $6.5 billion was invested in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa.
UNDP
2001
In Muslim countries there is one scientist for every 4m of the population, compared with 12,000-60,000 for every 1m in the developed world. Muslim countries publish only 0.1 per cent of the scientific research papers produced in the US and Europe.
FT
20th October 2001
Sex tourists in Thailand spend an estimated $26.2 billion a year, 13 times more than it earns from any of its major industries.
Index on Censorship
January 2000
The British are more likely to divorce than to change their bank accounts.
The Times
20th October 2001
Dogs have chewed almost 0.5m mobile phones and 700,000 have been lost or broken after being hurled at members of the public.
MORI
9th November 2001
In London, 23 per cent of doctors and 47 per cent of nurses are not born in Britain.
FT
25th October 2001
In Bahrain, Nigeria, Iceland, Norway and Portugal, the law forbids or restricts the use of women to attract attention in advertisements, unless it is relevant to the product.
The Global Media Atlas
2001
Pakistan&aposs GNP per capita grew at 2.7 per cent per year between 1965 and 1996—implying a more than 100 per cent increase in living standards—but the per capita wealth measure halved for the average Pakistani during this time.
ESRC
11th October 2001
