South Asia Investor Review

The World Happiness Report continues to rank Pakistan as the happiest nation in South Asia for  several years now . The country ranks 66th among 153 nations surveyed for the World Happiness Report 2020. India ranks 144, Bangladesh 107, Nepal 92, Sri Lanka 130, Maldives 87 and Afghanistan 153. China ranks 94th.  Finland tops the list followed by Denmark second and Switzerland 3rd in the world.  The report warns that the  COVID-19 global pandemic  poses "great risks for some of the main supports for well-being, most especially health and income". Pakistan has moved up in happiness ranking to 66th in 2020, up from  67th last year and 75th in 2018.  Meanwhile, India's ranking has fallen to 144 this year, down from 140 last year and 133 in 2018. It appears that Prime Minister  Modi's divisive policies  are contributing to declining happiness in India. Pakistan Ranks 66. Source: WHR2020 WHR Ranking Criteria. Source: WHR2020 The ra...

World Happiness Report 2019 says that India is among the world's biggest losers while Pakistan is among the biggest gainers on World Happiness Index. Under Prime Minister Narendra's Modi's leadership, India's ranking has worsened from 118 in 2016 to 140 in 2019. In the same period, Pakistan's ranking has improved from 92 in 2016 to 67 in 2019.  World Happiness index  is considered a better representation of people's well-being than other economic and social indicators individually. World Happiness Trends in India and Pakistan. Source: United Nations Contrary to the Indian and western media hype about Modi-nomics, it was recently reported that  unemployment rate  in India has reached its highest in 45 years. Indian  GDP growth figures  have been challenged as too optimistic by top Indian and western economists. Modi's  demonetization  has turned out to be a major disaster for India's largely cash-based economy. Farmers are continuing to ...