I-MAG STS    Corporation
  2007
 2012- no maglev
 2012 - maglev
Population
 31,889,923
 36,348,839
 36,420,416
People/arable sq km
 399
 455
 299
Babies dying
 165,172
 188,267
 146,664
AIDS - adults
 1,521
 5,587
 4,826
Starving children < 5
 2,203,275
 2,511,341
 1,745,995
Illiterate adults
 12,152,293
 13,851,452
 11,948,676
Unemployed adults
 6,760,664
 7,705,954
 5,308,276
Living in poverty
 16,901,659
 19,264,885
 15,660,779
Drinking unclean water
 27,744,233
 31,623,490
 26,222,700
No Sanitation access
 29,338,729
 33,440,932
 29,864,741
Patients per doctor
 7,770
 8,857
 5,967
Internet users
 535,000
 1,167,628
 3,137,551
Cellular phones
 2,520,000
 4,828,821
 5,664,746
Inflation
 16.3%
 17.8%
 6.9%
GDP per capita US$
 800
 1,000
 4,800
Trade balance MM$
 -3,399
 -4,499
 -4,675
Government spending
 -292
 -708
 -339
Reserves
 0
 -2,008
 -2,060
Currency rate to US $
 46.000
 49.405
 45.860
External debt
 8,000
 8,238
 8,163
Note that figures like babies dying are
annual - so in 5 years 200,000 or more
babies would  live past age 12 months.
The cost of ongoing intranational war in
Afghanistan looks high - to us. Perhaps
there a hidden treasure at stake.  It is not
clear to us that the maglev and supurbs
can prevent an agonizing social and
economic collapse in Afghanistan.  What
else can? Nothing.
Medichimeria