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The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income per capita indicators. A country scores higher HDI when the life expectancy at birth is longer, the education period is longer, and the income per capita is higher. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, a developing or an underdeveloped country. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq[3][4] and Indian economist Amartya Sen.
I think this is an interesting read given that it's from an independent source outside of American politics.
#1 is Norway.
#188 is Central African Republic
The methodology is reasonable and these metrics have been around since 1990.
It would seem to me that it does a reasonably good job of pointing out countries that are more and less developed than each other.
Does any agree or disagree with this report which has been ongoing now for almost 3 decades?
Does any agree or disagree with this report which has been ongoing now for almost 3 decades?
It's a reasonable measurement of human development. It tends to be more favorable towards countries with high economic productivity and natural resources, and less favorable towards countries with large levels of re-distributive social spending (i.e. socialism).
In other words it leans more towards political conservatism than you'd normally expect from the UN.
It's a reasonable measurement of human development. It tends to be more favorable towards countries with high economic productivity and natural resources, and less favorable towards countries with large levels of re-distributive social spending (i.e. socialism).
In other words it leans more towards political conservatism than you'd normally expect from the UN.
Because when I think of political conservatism I think of Norway.
It’s a pretty good index that seems very apolitical... it could be refined a bit with some extra apolitical measures to better separate countries within each tier...
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