and distributions, show a saturation of both the education and life dimensions of the HDI, suggesting a need to extend the … ideal graphical metaphor for branding the HDI in a multilingual setting, whereas Partial Ordering Networks provide a more …

One of the most serious weaknesses of the human development index (HDI) is that it considers only average achievements … previous attempts to capture inequality in the HDI have also used aggregate information and there exists no HDI at the … household level. This paper provides a method and illustration for calculating the HDI at the household level. This immediately …

I conduct a cross-country analysis of the human development index (HDI) components, income, life expectancy, literacy …) Absolute divergence/convergence for the HDI components is decomposed using simultaneous growth regressions including a full set … of quadratic interactions between the HDI components, and indicators of urbanization, trade, institutions, foreign direct …

This research provides a model of growth of the human development index (HDI) by examining past changes and levels of … HDI and creates four ÒcohortsÓ of countries. Using a hypothetical cohort approach reveals a model of HDI growth …. Generalized Estimating Equations are used to determine the impact that country characteristics have on HDI. The analysis shows …

that measured by the Human Development Index (HDI). We do so within a novel dynamic panel modelling framework that can … affect economic development with less delay than suggested by conventional econometric frameworks, yet impact HDI with longer …