The Human Development Report (HDR) is an annual report published by the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The report uses the HDI Index as an indicator for the Human Development in a country.
The Human Development Report 2016 ‘Human Development for Everyone’ will be launched on 21 March 2017 in Stockholm.
The Human Development Index (HDI) was created to emphasize that expanding human choices should be the ultimate criteria for assessing development results. Economic growth is a mean to that process, but is not an end by itself.
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 development outcomes.
- For example, Malaysia has GNI per capita higher than Chile, but in Malaysia, life expectancy at birth is about 7 years shorter and expected years of schooling is 2.5 years shorter than Chile, resulting in Chile having a much higher HDI value than Malaysia. These striking contrasts can stimulate debate about government policy priorities.
The Human Development Index (HDI) by UNDP uses the following components:
- Life expectancy at birth
- Mean of years of schooling for adults aged 25 years
- Expected years of schooling for children of school entering age
- GNI per capita (PPP$)
India ranked 130 among 188 countries in HDI Report of 2015. India climbed one notch from 131 to 130 .
- India's HDI is 0.609 which puts the country in the medium human development category.
Top 4 countries on HDI are
- Norway
- Australia
- Switzerland
- Denmark
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development:
- a long and healthy life,
- being knowledgeable and
- have a decent standard of living.
Source: UNDP and Wikipedia
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