The comments were offered at an International workshop on Comprehensive human development organized by Insaniya University college and IRTI of IDB on August 18-19, 2009 at Langkawi, Malaysia. The main contribution of the comments are that the construction of human development index is faulty,...

Using human development index of UNDP that the main factors influencing human resource development are the level of per capita income, its rate of growth, state of income distribution, and expenditure on military. HDI tends to lag behind income growth and is inversely related to military...

Based on the annual Human Development Reports of the UNDP, this paper finds that the main determinants of human resource development by the HDI for various economies are usually the level of per capita income, its rate of growth, expenditure on military, and the state of income distribution. It...