Newsweek (November 13)
2016/ 10/ 14 by jd in Global News
“Poor vision is not a life-threatening condition,” but it affects 4.3 billion people worldwide and “is having a seismic impact on the economic and social development of countries around the world. A landmark report by Access Economics recently demonstrated that current rates of poor vision are costing the global economy an estimated $3 trillion a year—roughly equal to the gross domestic product of Africa.”
Tags: Access Economics, Africa, Economic and social development, GDP, Global economy, Life-threatening condition, Vision
