Multidimensional assessment of human development is increasingly recognized as playing an important role in assessing … well-being. The focus of analysis is on the indicators measuring the three dimensions of Human Development Index (HDI … Sustainable Development. The study estimates the effects of public social spending on gross national income (GNI) per capita (in …

It is generally acknowledged that the government's output is difficult to define and its value is hard to measure. The …

It is generally acknowledged that the government’s output is difficult to define and its value is hard to measure. The … consumption of public and private goods and services, we must take them into account when computing a measure of living standards …

Statistics indicate that the economic and social development of women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA …) compares unfavorably with most regions in the world. This paper assesses the influence of government expenditure and taxation …

limited. We develop a simple welfare-based measure that captures how far countries are from the ideal of perfect risk sharing …

, public pro-poor spending, macroeconomic stability, financial development, institutional quality and external factors such as …