Human development report 2016 sustainable development the. The last report as of may 2019 was made available in september of 2018. The 2012 human development report for africa explores why dehumanizing hunger remains pervasive in the region, despite abundant agricultural resources, a favorable growing climate, and rapid economic growth rates. The global gender gap report 2012 world economic forum. People in low human development countries are catching up in basic capabilities. The global human capital index 2017 ranks countries on how well they are developing their human capital on a scale from 0 worst to 100 best across four thematic dimensions and five distinct age groups to capture the full human capital potential profile of a country.
This article attempts to compare the hdi and its components between various south east asian countries. The human development index or simply, hdi is an index that is used to rank countries based on human development. This years report is divided into three main sections. The human development index combines multiple stats to provide a more full picture of human development. By providing a comprehensive framework for benchmarking global gender gaps, it reveals those countries that are role models in dividing their resources equitably between women and men, regardless of the overall level of. Undp, the sponsor of human development index methodology since 1990, reported indias hdi to be 0. Fears that robots will take away jobs from people have dominated the discussion over the future of work, but the world development report 2019 finds that on balance this appears to be unfounded. The human development index has experienced substantial modifications in the 2010 edition of the human development report changes in some of the variables, a different aggregation. Pathways to human development showed through a detailed new analysis of longterm human development index hdi trends that most developing countries made dramatic yet often underestimated progress in health, education and basic living standards in recent decades, with many of. Maharashtra human development report, 2012 is an effort to evaluate the development process in the state in terms of equitable access of people across regions and socio economic segments, to education, health and economic opportunities. The human development report 2016 human development for everyone looks into these two questions. The 2016 human development report is the latest in the series of global human.
The africa infrastructure development index aidi v2. This has led to the emergence of a worldwide consensus on the need for a more inclusive and sustainable model. Swami gnani eshawar, ihsan omer ismail, ahmed hassan haji, hussein abdillahi mohmoud, philip ruben barea, hassan karshe farah and mohamed. Cover page, contents, list of tables, figures and boxes, foreword, and acknowledgements.
Nhdr albania 2010 provides also an updated map of human development in the country. It tells us how well nations are doing at achieving long, happy, sustainable lives. Between 1990 and 2014, the number of people living in countries with very high values of human development index more than doubled from 0. The bank also introduced an africa infrastructure index aidi to monitor the status and progress of infrastruture development across the continent.
Procedia social and behavioral sciences 62 2012 446 a 451 18770428 2012 published by elsevier ltd. A proposal for a modified human development index cepal. The information in this article is based on that report. T here is a growing global consensus that we need new measures of progress. These result in a set of alternative indices, based on the same components, for measuring human development. They matter because gender equality is a core development objective in its own right.
The first state human development report was published in 2002. Development index, journal of human development and capabilities. Introducing a new broadbased index of financial development1 prepared by katsiaryna svirydzenka authorized for distribution by petya koeva brooks january 2016 abstract there is a vast body of literature estimating the impact of financial development. Hdi united nations human development index ilo international labor organization. The global hunger index ghi is a tool that measures and tracks hunger globally as well as by region and by country. The human development index hdi is an index that measures key dimensions of human development.
The ghi is calculated annually, and its results appear in a report issued in october each year. The 2010 human development report the real wealth of nations. The human capital index hci database provides data at the country level for each of the components of the human capital index as well as for the overall index, disaggregated by gender. Its inputs are income namely gni per capita, duration of education and life expectancy. This report suggests investments in human capital and social protection can lead the way to the skills needed in a changing labor market. The human development index hdi is a composite measure that includes three indicators. Through the global gender gap report series, the world economic forum has been quantifying the magnitude of genderbased disparities and tracking their progress. The inclusive development index 2018 summary and data. It identifies recognizes that in every society certain groups are far more likely. List of indian states and territories by human development.
Narendra modi faults human index report, says 2007 data used 24 oct, 2011, 03. Created in 2006, the ghi was initially published by the usbased international food policy research institute ifpri and germanybased welthungerhilfe. Introducing a new broadbased index of financial development. This report, is published each year in which almost all the countries are placed under three categories, high, medium and low based on the defined parameters. Human development index hdi hdi has increased by 21 per cent between 19992000 and 20078 from 0.
The human development index hdi is a multidimensional index of development as it is the combination of three development indices health index, education index and income index. The gain in life expectancy at birth between 2005 and 2015 for low human development countries was almost three times that for very high human development countries, driven by a reduction in child mortality rates in developing countries. The 2012 world development report on gender equality and development finds that womens lives around the world have improved dramatically, but gaps remain in many areas. In past decades, there has been significant gains in human development levels in almost every country. This is a world urban forum edition of the state of the worlds cities report 2012 20. It was created in 1990 with the goal of shifting the focus towards human wellbeing rather than popular incomecentric measures like gdp per capita. It is critical that these measures clearly reflect what we value something the current approach fails to do.
The existing statistical systems in the countries are using system of environment and economic accounts which are geared to measure flow income. Human development and international migration sciencedirect. This new global human development report is an urgent call to tackle one of the worlds great development challenges providing enough decent work and livelihoods for all. Data from the human development report 1995 are used to test and compare the robustness of all the measures. List of african countries by human development index. List of latin american countries by human development index. Select data by dimension, indicator, year andor country to see a dynamic interactive visualization of the data. Below is the list of the very high human development countries or regions.
A common idea, which unites all these reports, is that positive human development must be sustainable. List of countries by human development index wikipedia. Procedia social and behavioral sciences 62 2012 446 451. This first africa human devel opment report seeks to understand the deeper causes behind these two jarring paradoxes and explores options for unleashing an era of mutually reinforcing advances in food security and human development. The human development index is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development. Malawi remains one of the poorest countries in the world, with a human development index hdi of 0. World map representing human development index categories based on 2018 data, published in 2019. Human development report undp 2010, the human development. Access to education measured by expected years of schooling of children at schoolentry age and mean years of schooling of the adult population. The inclusive development index 2018 summary and data highlights slow progress in living standards and widening inequality have contributed to political polarization and erosion of social cohesion in many advanced and emerging economies. The 2010 human development report continued the hdi tradition of. The authors use a conceptual framework to examine progress to date, and then recommend policy actions.
Countries compared by economy human development index. The report makes use of data from living standards measurement survey 2008 to calculate the new human development indicators human development index hdi, human poverty index hpi, genderrelated development index gdi and gender empowerment measure gem. The following tables covers the list of latin american and caribbean countries by human development index as released by the united nations development programs human development report. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, developing, or underdeveloped country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of.
The hdi can also be used to question national policy choices, asking how two countries with the same level of gni per capita can end up with different human. The united nations development programme undp ranks countries into four tiers of human development by combining measurements of life expectancy, education, and per capita income into the human development index hdi in its annual human development report the hdi is a summary index using life expectancy at birth, expected years of schooling for children and mean years of schooling for. The human development report hdr is an annual report published by the human. Human development report 2015 work for human development major progress has been made over the last 25 years with 2 billion people lifted out of low human development levels. National human development report this is the fifth annual national human development report for the republic of moldova, prepared at the initiative of the undpmoldova office. The chain of food security that runs from food availability. Work provides the means to tackle poverty, empower minorities by being inclusive, and protect our environment if jobs are green in a green economy. The global human capital report 2017 world economic forum. Wdr reports world bank group international development. The hdi is an alternative to the purely economical gdp, that quantifies economic growth only. Human development index hdi human development reports. How does the index vary around the world, and how did it change.
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