Human development is creating an environment in which people can develop to their full potential and lead productive and creative lives in accord with their needs and interests. It is about:
The HDI is a tool developed by the United Nations to measure and rank countries’ levels of social and economic development. It provides a single statistic, based on
and four indicators:
It intends to give a quantitative measure of a nation’s human development. While it is a better measure of HD than purely economic indicators, it fails to include other measures which impact HD, such as gender equality, income equality, and respect for human rights and freedoms.
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