A number of the countries in the weakca ring spirits list have been plagued by ongoing political turmoil and war, making investments in human capacities difficult to conduct. If we drop Botswana, Namibia and South Africa (all of which have high mortality asa result of AIDS-related deaths) from the sample-si nee the poor human development performance in these three countries is exerting a lot of influence over the placement of the trendline - the trendline gets steeper and the overall fit is much better.8 Argentina makes it to the strong caring spirits list and Turkey and Venezuela drop off (though they are still above the trendline). Mauritius and Thailand are added to the weak caring spirits list.