Developing world grows faster than expected

More than 40 southern countries experienced significantly greater human development than specialists would have predicted 20 years ago, but global temperature shifts could yet undermine their progress, says a United Nations report.

According to the UN's 2013 Human Development Report, the rising supereconomies of Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa and Turkey made rapid advances since 1990 in their human development index (HDI) for 2012.