Search Results - subject:"Development Index"

Linear and non-linear effects of infrastructures on inclusive human development in Africa

Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, Simplice; Njamen … - 2021

complementary policies are established for the African Infrastructure Development Index (AIDI) and the transport index while …

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Revisions of the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index : Indicator Options and Their Empirical Assessment

Alkire, Sabina; Kanagaratnam, Usha - 2021

This paper examines how normative reasoning was applied to empirical applications of different indicator options in order to revise the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) indicators in 2018, to better align with the SDGs. Given the emphasis in the SDGs on leaving no one behind, the...

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Inclusive Statistics : Human Development and Disability Indicators in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Mitra, Sophie; Yap, Jaclyn; Herve, Justine; Chen, Wei - 2021

This paper disaggregates human development indicators across disability status to assess the situation of persons and households with disabilities. The paper uses 24 censuses and general household surveys from 21 low- and middle-income countries. Disability status is measured through...

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Labour Migration and Human Development in Eurasia

Zakiyyah, Varachia - 2021

This article examines human development aspects of the large cross-border labour migration and remittance flows in Eurasian region among the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. It focuses in particular on the sustainability of these flows, and on...

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Financial Crises and Human Development

Nguyen, Thanh Cong; Castro, Vítor; Wood, Justine A - 2021

This study examines the impact of financial crises on human development over a panel of 113 countries for the years 1980-2017. Special attention is given to the effects of different types of financial crises on overall human development and its components: health, education, and income. Relying...

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Advance in Methodology of Human Development Index

Prajapati, Hari Ram - 2021

indices attains excellent growth but the impact on human development index is low compare to life expectancy indices …

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Happiness and the Human Development Index : The Paradox of Australia

Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2021

According to the well-being measure known as the U.N. Human Development Index, Australia now ranks 3rd in the world and …

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The Role of Finance in Inclusive Human Development in Africa Revisited

Asongu, Simplice; Nting, Rexon Tayong - 2021

development index. All dimensions of the Financial Development and Structure Database (FDSD) of the World Bank are considered. The …

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Governance Human Development and Strategy of Regional Growth

Elkin, Stanislav - 2021

This section tries to explain the global progress, local variability and lack of systematic relationship between economic growth and progress in other dimensions of human development, emphasizing the importance of ideas and technologies. Money matters, but the facts clearly show that it is...

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Human Development Inequalities by Regions in Romania

Trandafir, Adina - 2021

In order to determine the inequalities in human development by regions in Romania, the human development index adjusted …’s family of inequality measures (1970). While the Human Development Index is based on country-level aggregates, such as … national income accounts, the Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index must rely on additional data sources to obtain …

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