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The Challenges of Incorporating Empowerment into the HDI: Some Lessons from Happiness Economics and Quality of Life Research
Graham, Carol - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
The introduction of the HDI sparked a major debate about the adequacy of income as a measure of development. Perhaps as a result, scholars have developed a number of novel measures of well being. Prominent among these is the use of happiness surveys to study well being in its various dimensions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008587041
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Migrating Away from a Seasonal Famine: A Randomized Intervention in Bangladesh
Chowdhury, Shyamal; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq; Bryan, Gharad - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009
The rural northwestern districts of Bangladesh, home to 10 million people, experience a preharvest seasonal famine, locally known as Monga, with disturbing regularity. Surprisingly, outmigration from the Monga-prone districts is not all that common. This research tests whether migration could...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008507022
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Migration and Educational Outcomes of Children
Schapiro, Kristina A. - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009
This paper examines the impact of migration on educational outcomes of children. It looks at the outcomes of … internationally as well as internally migrating children and identifies the specific barriers they face in access to quality schooling …. It discusses the various channels through which migration affects the education and wellbeing of non-migrant children in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008507025
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Graphical Statistical Methods for the Representation of the Human Development Index and its Components
Hidalgo, César A. - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
In this paper we introduce five graphical statistical methods to compare countries level of development relative to other countries and across time. For this, we use seven panels of data on the Human Development Index and its components, containing information on more than 100 countries for more...
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A Household-Based Human Development Index
Harttgen, Kenneth; Klasen, Stephan - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
One of the most serious weaknesses of the human development index (HDI) is that it considers only average achievements and does not take into account the distribution of human development within a country or by population subgroups. All previous attempts to capture inequality in the HDI have...
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Divergences and Convergences in Human Development
Mayer-Foulkes, David - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
I conduct a cross-country analysis of the human development index (HDI) components, income, life expectancy, literacy and gross enrolment ratios, using Gray and PurserÕs 1970-2005 quinquennial database for 111 countries. 1) A descriptive analysis uncovers a complex pattern of divergence and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008673311
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A Hypothetical Cohort Model of Human Development
Asher, Jana; Osborne Daponte, Beth - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008673312
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Political Factors and Health Outcomes: Insight from Argentina's Provinces
McGuire, James W. - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
This paper explores whether political factors were associated with health outcomes across Argentina's 23 provinces and Federal Capital from 1983 to 2005, controlling for national trends, per capita economic output, and other provincial specificities. The introduction of a gender quota for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008673313
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Determinants of Human Development: Insights from State-Dependent Panel Models
Binder, Michael; Georgiadis, Georgios - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
In this paper, we study economic development in a panel of 84 countries from 1970 to 2005. We focus on characterizing heterogeneities in the development effects of macroeconomic policies and on comparing the development process as measured by GDP to that measured by the Human Development Index...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008673314
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ICT4D and the Human Development and Capability Approach: The Potentials of Information and Communication Technology
Hamel, Jean-Yves - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
This study frames a review of information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) within the human development and capabilities approach. Looking at the basic dimensions of human development, which make up the core measurement of its achievements: health, education and a income, and...
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