The advantages and limitations of the Human Development Index
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Human Development
What is impossible? (2) - answer-- Measuring the total level of human development of a country
- There are many aspects of people's lives that need to be taken into account, and to collect all of this information on a global scale is not practical.
What has UN developed? (2) - answer-- a measur...
THE ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS OF THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
What is impossible? (2) - answer-- Measuring the total level of human development of a country
- There are many aspects of people's lives that need to be taken into account, and to collect all of this information on a
global scale is not practical.
What has UN developed? (2) - answer-- a measurement system that attempts to reflect the level of human development
being experienced in different countries and regions.
- It is known as the Human Development Index (HDI) and it uses three dimensions and four indicators to create an index
that estimates the level of human development experienced in different countries
What are three dimensions of HDI? - answer-- a long and healthy life
- knowledge
- a decent standard of living
What are indicators or long and healthy life? - answer-life expectancy at birth
what are indicators of knowledge (2) - answer-- mean years of schooling
- expected years at schooling
What are indicators of a decent standard of living - answer-GNI per capita
What do dimensions relate to? - answer-broad concepts that make up a part of the UN's interpretation of human
development, whereas the indicators are the measurable aspect of each dimension.
What do four indicators relate to? - answer-- life expectancy at birth
- mean years of schooling
- expected years of schooling
- GNI per capita
What is life expectancy at birth? - answer-An indication of how long a person can expect to live; it is the number of years
of life remaining to a person at birth if death rates do not change
What is mean years of schooling - answer-The average number of years of education achieved by those aged 25 years
and over.
What is expected years of schooling - answer-The number of years of education expected for a child of school entrance
age.
What is GNI per capita? - answer-The overall income of a country after expenses owing to other countries have been
paid, divided by the population of the country.
WHat is used with the four indicators? (2) - answer-- the HDI is a number between zero and one (0-1).
- The closer to one, the greater the level of development experienced
What does HDI reflect? - answer-the level of development in a country, allows comparisons to be made between
countries and regions, and allows improvements made over time to be monitored.
How does UN classify countries? - answer-by dividing them into four groups according to their HDI
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