The United Nations Development Programme has proposed a new "Human Development Index" (HDI) to improve on per capita gross national product, the usual measure of "development." This article challenges ...

Miles B. Cahill, Is the Human Development Index Redundant?, Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Winter, 2005), pp. 1-5 ...

Türkiye ranked in the highest category in the UN Human Development Index for the third consecutive year, according to a new report published by UN Development Program (UNDP) on Thursday ...

Explore the UNDP's latest Human Development Report for 2025. Discover why global human development is slowing down, see the complete HDI ranking list, and understand how the index measures a ...

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a tool developed by the United Nations to measure and compare different countries’ levels of social and economic development.

Between 2012 and 2017 Congo made the greatest strides in human development, according to the UN’s Human Development Index. In 2017 people in the central African country lived for over two years ...

The first Human Development Index was launched in 1990 by the United Nations and was the brainchild of Indian economist Amartya Sen and Pakistani economist Mahbub Haq.

The index values in the Human Development Index and in the components of each province is given in Table 1. Punjab has the highest index value in education, followed by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

PHL Human Development Index up, but below region’s Bless Aubrey Ogerio May 14, 2025 3 minute read In Manila’s bustling streets, a man guides his wooden cart through Laong Laan Street and ...

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a tool to measure human prosperity. Learn how it works, as well as the criticisms and limitations of how it is used.