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    Well not sure really, just an observation. On closer examination of the figures it can be seen that the more recent countries to join the EU are moving up the world rankings while the older members are moving down. I don't have the time to do the work but there would appear to be a correlation between changes in a country's HDI and its net contribution to (or net receipt from) the EU 'budget'.

    While it can be expected that poorer member countries should move up, is it acceptable that the richer EU countries should slip down and get overtaken by USA, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, South Korea, Israel and HongKong?

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