HDI

But then again, as Caplan put it, "HDI is basically a measure of how Scandinavian your country is," so I'm not sure how to see it. maybe Cuba's like a Latin Norway or something.

Some sad sentences about Africa 2009

The HDI is the signature trademark of the Human Development Report (HDR), an independent report commissioned by the UNDP that is written by a team of scholars, development practitioners and members of the Human Development Report Office of UNDP.

Human Development Index 2008

The HDI is then calculated as a simple average of the dimension indices:

Human Development Index 2008

There are three kinds of studies in this world: The first one that I call HDI type (Human Development Index) where one applies the same logic, the logic of the researcher, on all kinds of populations.

Nicholas D. Kristof 2009

The HDI is the signature trademark of the Human Development Report (HDR), an independent report commissioned by the UNDP that is written by a team of scholars, development practitioners and members of the Human Development Report Office of UNDP.

Human Development Index for Latin America and Caribbean Nations 2009

And consider also the warning provided by the UN: Although the HDI is a useful starting point, it is important to remember that the concept of human development is much broader and more complex than any summary measure can capture, even when supplemented by other indices.

11/26/2006 - 12/03/2006 2006

And consider also the warning provided by the UN: Although the HDI is a useful starting point, it is important to remember that the concept of human development is much broader and more complex than any summary measure can capture, even when supplemented by other indices.

How Does Chavez Measure Up? 2006

Africa's drop on the HDI was a "slight worsening, not a terrible worsening" because the latest index included two more countries, and some countries had better data.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

The HDI was a measurement of "people's ability to live a long and healthy life, to communicate, to participate in the community and to have sufficient means to afford a decent living".

ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

Indices like the "HDI" are so absurd, it is as if nihilists or "parodists" created them.

Against the Human Development Index, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009