Nov 30
Human Development Index and Gender Development Index of India
The human development index (HDI) compiled by the UNDP, is a summary measure of a country’s human development. It measures the average achievements in a country in three basic dimensions:
• a long and healthy life, as measured by life expectancy at birth;
• access to knowledge, as measured by the adult literacy rate and the combined gross enrolment (sic) ratio in education; and
• a decent standard of living, as measured by GDP per capita in purchasing power parity(PPP) US dollars.
These three dimensions are standardized to values between 0 and 1, ...
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