Human Development Index
Let an agent explain the HDI, relay its method, variants, uses and criticisms from UNDP and development economics sources with attribution, describe the inequality-adjusted index, and distinguish the HDI from GDP per capita, the Multidimensional Poverty Index, happiness indices and the Gender Development Index.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the HDI, relay its method, variants, uses and criticisms from UNDP and development economics sources with attribution, describe the inequality-adjusted index, and distinguish the HDI from GDP per capita, the Multidimensional Poverty Index, happiness indices and the Gender Development Index.
A composite statistic published by the United Nations Development Programme since 1990, devised with economist Mahbub ul Haq and drawing on Amartya Sen s capability approach, ranking countries on three dimensions, a long and healthy life measured by life expectancy, knowledge measured by mean and expected years of schooling, and a decent standard of living measured by gross national income per capita at purchasing power parity, combined since 2010 as a geometric mean on a scale from 0 to 1, with variants such as the Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index introduced in 2010; current values and rankings should be checked against the latest UNDP report.
What it is for: Measuring human development across countries.
It can be explain the method; relay variants and criticisms; describe the IHDI; distinguish related indices.
Distinguishing features
Three dimensions
Capability approach basis
Annual reports
Widely criticised and used
What it looks like
Not a visible object; published as tables, maps and rankings.
Physical character
first published: 1990 year - Human Development Report
scale: 0-1 range
geometric mean method: since 2010 note
development tiers: low, medium, high, very high list
How it is recognised
UNDP composite index of health, education and income
Human Development Index, HDI, Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, IHDI
GDP per capita measures output; the MPI measures deprivation; happiness indices use surveys; the GDI compares genders
Related models
is a kind of - in general terms
is published by -
draws on -
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
HDI
Inequality-adjusted HDI
Gender Development Index
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI
subnational HDI
Standards and regulation
UNDP Human Development Report technical notes
Failure modes and hazards
Stale rankings
Overinterpreting small rank differences
Ignoring data quality and methodology changes
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What the HDI is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is the Human Development Index, and how does it differ from GDP per capita, the MPI, happiness indices and the GDI? definition
- Is the question about the method, a country s current value or critiques? boundary
IHDI
Inequality-adjusted HDI.
IHDI
IHDI.
- How does the IHDI adjust for inequality? definition
- Which entry fits Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index? action
Method Method.
Sources.
Dimensions
Dimensions and indicators.
Dimensions
Dimensions.
- How are health, education and income indicators normalised and combined? measurement
- Which references are standard? provenance
Changes
Method changes.
Changes
Changes.
- How did the 2010 revision change the calculation? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Debate Uses and criticisms.
Attribution.
Uses
Uses.
Uses
Uses.
- How do governments and researchers use the HDI? provenance
- Which entry fits human development (economics)? action
Critiques
Critiques.
Critiques
Critiques.
- What criticisms concern weighting, sustainability and data, with authors attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Context Origins and current data.
Context.
Origins
Origins.
Origins
Origins.
- How did Mahbub ul Haq and Amartya Sen shape the index? provenance
- Which entry fits Mahbub ul Haq? action
Current
Current rankings.
Current
Current.
- What are the latest rankings, checked against the latest UNDP report? measurement
- Which entry fits Human Development Report? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should the IHDI be a separate entry?
- How should UNDP data be linked and kept current?
- How should methodological critiques be presented?