Human Development Index
Framework :
Introduction
Concept of human development
Differrence between economic growth and economic development
Concept of HDI
Origin of HDI
Dimensions of HDI
Calculation of HDI
Limitations of HDI
India’s rank in HDR 2010
Highlights of HDR 2010
Future projections of HDI
“Mahatma Gandhi once commented
Introduction:
that “the difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”
2006 GLOBAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT
“Wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is merely useful and for the sake of something else.” –Aristotle
“something else”
opportunity to realize their potential as human beings about having real choices
Realization of human potential.
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen calls the capabilities and functionings approach. Not only is it important to achieve more “functionings,” but it is essential for people to have the “capabilities” or the freedom to achieve these.
The emphasis on growth was based on the assumption that its benefits will automatically“trickle down” to poor and marginalized people.
The global HDR has created and developed four main composite human development indices to assess measurable dimensions of human development.
The MDGs, which include reducing the proportion of people living in “extreme” poverty by half between1990 and 2015, define extreme poverty as living on less than $1 per day
