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An Axiomatization of the Human Development Index [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 The main goal of this paper is the presentation of an axiomatic definition of the Human Development Index (HDI) formulated in 1990 year by the Union Nations Development Program (UNDP). The presented definition is compatible with the new HDI calculation methodology unveiled by the UNDP in 2010.
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Measuring development? The UNDP's human development index
Journal of International Development, 1993AbstractThis paper critically examines the UNDP's Human Development Index (HDI). We conclude that its treatment of income is inappropriate; the lack of year‐to‐year comparability is undesirable; it is robust with respect to measurement error; and that its contribution to the assessment of development levels differs markedly among country groups.
McGillivray, M, White, H
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Human Development Index: A Regional Perspective
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2023Taking development as a multi-dimensional concept invariably justifies the argument of adopting the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Index (HDI) as a measure of development. Thus, being an attempt thereof to undertake a cross-country comparative study of the trend of Human Development progress in selected countries between ...
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A Development of the Human Development Index
Social Indicators Research, 2019This paper presents a variant human development index H. It resembles the human development index HDI, published annually since 1990 by the United Nations Development Programme, but it is calibrated to reflect ‘development’ as evident in the actual progression of life expectancy, education and income shown over 1990–2017 by the people of the world as a
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Status of Human Development Index
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020What is the need for Human Development? This research paper seeks to research the reasons for the emergence of the concept of Human Development. ‘Human development is a process of enlarging people’s choices’ (HDRO, 1990). The Human Development approach insists that the fundamental aim of development policy should be to expand the opportunities that ...
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On A Class of Human Development Index Measures [PDF]
, 2008 Using Minkowski distance function we propose a class of Human Development Index measures. Special cases of this turn out to be the popularly used linear average method as also a newly proposed displaced ideal method. Two measures of penalty are suggested.
Srijit Mishra, Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan
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Corruption and Human Development Index
2019Corruption is a human phenomenon that covers the whole world. It is a fact that public corruption gains more prominence than private corruption, because the state has the duty of accountability in a transparent way to taxpayers. As a result of this, the authors focus on the analysis of public corruption, which involves agents and public resources of ...
Olívia Maria Cardoso Gomes +1 more
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A Calibrated Index of Human Development
Social Indicators Research, 2009The weightings of the four component indicators of the UNDP’s Human Development Index HDI appear to be arbitrary and have not been given justification. This paper develops a variant of the HDI, calculated to reflect peoples’ revealed evaluations of education and the productivity of work.
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A Generalized Human Development Index
Review of Development Economics, 2003The human development index indicates achievement in the living standard of a population in terms of attainment levels of different quality–of–life attributes, such as educational attainment and life expectancy at birth. This paper axiomatically characterizes a general measure of achievement.
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