Human Development Indices: A statistical update 2008

UNDP

2008

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The human development concept is about putting people at the centre of development. The urgency to measure and closely monitor human development in an integral manner brought about the creation of the composite Human Development Index (HDI) back in 1990. The first section of "Human Development Indices: A statistical update 2008" reminds us of the human development paradigm, indicators and traditional indices. Section two explains the data sources, effects of data revisions on the latest HDI values and ranks including a discussion of the impact of the recently released purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates and their impact on the HDI. The third section looks at trends since 1980 and the fourth section addresses measures of inequality in income and gender. It also contains estimated HDIs for the richest and the poorest quintiles in a number of countries. The indicator tables at the end of the report include the latest values, ranks and components of the Human Development Index, Human Poverty Index, Gender-related Development Index and Gender Empowerment Measure for all countries where the relevant data are available. "Human Development Indices: A statistical update 2008" has been prepared in order to update the main composite indices with new data. [Extractos: Contracarátula]

Desarrollo humano; Género; Índice del Desarrollo Humano (Human Development Index - HDI); Pobreza;