Human Development Report
Human Development Report: Overview
This topic acknowledges education and healthcare, along with per capita income, as indices of human development. A comparative study based on data and figures between India and its neighbouring countries are also given to see the overall growth rate.
Important Questions on Human Development Report
Which of the following neighbouring countries has better performance in terms of human development than India?
For each of the items given in the Table below, find out which country is at the top and which is at the bottom.
| Country |
Gross national income(GNI) Per Capita PPP$ |
Life Expectancy At birth
|
Mean year of Schooling of People aged And above |
HDI Rank in the world
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Sri Lanka India Myanmar Pakistan Nepal Bangladesh |
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Source: Human Development Report, , United Nations Development Programme, New York
NOTES
1. HDI stands for Human Development Index. Ranks in the above table are out of countries in all.
2. Life Expectancy at birth denotes, as the name suggests, the average expected length of life of a person at the time of birth.
3. Per Capita Income (PCI) is calculated in dollars for all countries so that it can be compared. It is also done in a way so that every dollar would buy the same amount of goods and services in any country.
In what respects are the criteria used by UNDP, for measuring development, different from the one used by the World Bank?
