Write a short note on: Human Development Index (HDI)

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Q. Write a short note on: Human Development Index (HDI)

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The HDI is a UNDP composite index of human development based on three dimensions — health (life expectancy), education (schooling) and standard of living (per capita income) — with a value between 0 and 1; a higher value means higher human development.

This is a 2-mark short note in the AP Intermediate 2nd-year Economics human-resources unit.

The Human Development Index was introduced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 1990 to measure development in terms of people, not just income. It combines three indicators: (1) a long and healthy life, measured by life expectancy at birth; (2) knowledge, measured by years of schooling; and (3) a decent standard of living, measured by per capita income. Its value lies between 0 and 1 — the closer to 1, the higher the level of human development. Coun …

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The PQLI was developed by Morris (Morris David Morris) — option (c).

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As per the 2014 Human Development Report, Norway ranked first in the HDI — option (b).

The Human Development Index (HDI), developed by the UNDP, is a composite measure of three dimensions: a long and healthy life (life expectancy at birth), knowledge (education/mean and expected years of schooling) and a decent standard of living (per-capita income, GNI). Its value ranges from 0 to 1.

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The responsibility to provide free and compulsory primary education rests with the State Government — option (d).

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$Q. What is the value of Human Development Index?$
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HDI value ranges from 0 to 1 — nearer to 1 means higher human development.

The Human Development Index (HDI), developed by the UNDP, combines three dimensions — a long and healthy life (life expectancy), knowledge (education) and a decent standard of living (per capita income). It is worked out as an index whose value always falls **between 0 an …

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The correct option is (b) 1998: Amartya Sen's Nobel year.

Amartya Kumar Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory and the study of poverty and famine — work closely linked to the human development approach and the Human Development Index.

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The correct option is (C) 1, the maximum value of the HDI scale.

The Human Development Index, prepared by the UNDP, combines three dimensions — a long and healthy life (life expectancy), knowledge (education) and a decent standard of living (per-capita income). Each dimension is converted to an index and the composite HDI is expressed as a number between 0 and 1. A value close to 0 means very low human development an …

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