Gender Development Index and Gender Empowerment Measure are two gender-based indicators provided by the United Nations Development Program. Population share of the genders enter the formulation of these indicators in such a way that it favours the better performing gender. This can lead to...

The conventional measure of the Human Development Index (HDI) is a linear average in three dimensions, HDI<SUB align="right"><SMALL>1</SMALL></SUB>. This is indifferent to uniformity in attainment across dimensions. An alternative, HDI<SUB align="right"><SMALL>2</SMALL></SUB>, based on the shortfall from the ideal using Euclidean distance, addresses the above anomaly. These...</small></sub></small></sub>