Full substitutability and equal weighting principles of the human development index (HDI) have been found to be ineffective in determining appropriate HDI values and should therefore be dropped. An index can be devised with equal distribution of values of the component variables to correct HDI...

Full substitutability and equal weighting principles of the human development index (HDI) have been found to be ineffective in determining appropriate HDI values and should therefore be dropped. An index can be devised with equal distribution of values of the component variables to correct HDI...

Purpose – To draw attention to an important but neglected topic, and provide an analysis that will help others to go further into key elements of the theme of social responsibility. Design/methodology/approach – A review of themes previously encountered in a diverse literature. Findings –...

Purpose – This paper aims to highlight the role of the United Nations in the formulation and implementation of the current understanding of “population assistance” and examine some of the arguments for “population assistance” in the form of reproductive health care....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present exploration of themes that interconnect six studies in environmentally and socially sustainable human development. Design/methodology/approach – The article presents an overview of the papers included in this special issue. Findings – As...

Purpose – Many transactions are partly carried out within social networks and without payment, partly commercially on the market. The paper aims to explore the interdependencies between shrinking cooperation in society and a growing service sector. Design/methodology/approach – The author...

Purpose – This paper aims to reply to Dequech's comment in the International Journal of Social Economics on the analysis of the formation of conventional expectations under strong uncertainty, which was proposed in the present author's 2004 article in the International Journal of Social...

Purpose – Singapore does not have a welfare State. Instead it has full employment, rapid growth, affordable education and equality of opportunity. It also has the Housing Development Board and the Central Provident Fund. Public housing and compulsory savings are the subject of this paper. The...