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	List of countries by Human Development Index - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Countries—almost all UN member states and a couple of special territories—fall into three broad categories based on their HDI: high, medium, and low human development.
		Territories are listed under their official UN designations; those that are not UN member states are marked with an asterisk (*).
		The Republic of China government calculated its HDI to be 0.910 for 2003 based on the following data: life expectancy of 76.1 years, adult literacy rate of 97.0%, combined gross enrolment rate of 97%, and GDP per capita (PPP) of US$23,911.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index (438 words)

	Human Development Index - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The UN Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of poverty, literacy, education, life expectancy, childbirth, and other factors for countries worldwide.
		The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq, and has been used since 1993 by the United Nations Development Programme in its annual Human Development Report.
		Worsening education, economies, and mortality rates have contributed to HDI declines amongst countries in the first group, while HIV/AIDS and concomitant mortality is the principal cause of decline in the second group.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HDI (931 words)

	HDI...not to be mistaken for Human Development, IRED
		HDI, which usually is used as reference yardstick, is less about the human development than about the state's ability to present the picture according to its interests.
		Longevity isn't something that can be played easily by the governmental statistics, although given that small changes in life expectation lead to big changes in the place the county occupies, it won't be surprising to hear that some authoritarian regimes are ready to put 3-4 additional months to their citizens average lifespan.
		Talking about Norway, the HDI leader during last 4 years, a senior diplomat in Oslo in a confidential letter to me complained about the lack of sunlight during the winter period.
	www.ired.com /news/mkt/hdi.htm (720 words)

	Asia Times: India reaps small IT benefit
		The report and the index are replete with paradoxes in the play of technology in a region whose constituent countries figure dismally in terms of its human development index (HDI), a UN-developed yardstick of life expectancy, education and standard of living.
		UN experts speaking about the report in Bangkok last week said India had not yet "diffused" the benefits of the information technology boom in selected hubs such as Bangalore.
		But skeptics say that the UN report may be relying too much on information technology when a lot of more basic poverty problems exist in the region and in other parts of the world.
	www.atimes.com /ind-pak/CG11Df03.html (1029 words)

	Latin America and Caribbean Projects Background
		A commonly used index within the development organizations is the UN Human Development Index (UN-HDI), which takes into account the life expectancy at birth, adult literacy rate and GDP per capita.
		The 2004 UN report of human development shows that 15 of the 20 highest HP-1 ranked developing countries were from the LAC region (11 of them from Latin America and 4 from the Caribbean).
		Compound indexes such as the UN-HDI often mask huge inequalities that exist in the society, within a given region as well as within the individual countries of a region.
	iri.columbia.edu /america/background.html (2214 words)

	HDI: Useful first tool for movers, IRED
		Last year we rejected as premature the claims of the United Nations that their so-called Human Development Index is a scientifically correct and flawless method of measuring the human development.
		This year as usual the UN presented the new version of the index, including new and, as they say, refined methodology of collecting and verifying data.
		Third, looking for moving to another country after retirement, this index gives a first impression before the imminent trade-off between good countries with expensive goods and services and cheap countries where the life is miserable.
	www.ired.com /news/mkt/hdi2005.htm (693 words)

	math lessons - UN Human Development Index
		The index was developed in 1990 by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq, and has been used since 1993 by the United Nations Development Programme in its annual report.
		HDI is considered by many to be an excellent tool for measuring development, since both economic and social indicators are covered.
		However, not all UN member states choose to or are able to provide the necessary statistics.
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/HDI (273 words)

	UN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Changes in the HDI for 1991-96 thus resulted mainly from increases in GDP because of the robust economic recovery in the first half of the decade, rather than from variations in the other three components of the index.
		In 1998, the HDI was in the upper middle of the medium human development group and compares favourably with neighbouring countries.
		The situation of Lebanon, where the HDI rank is better than the real GDP per capita one, is due to the economic collapse of the mid-1980s and its consequences throughout the second half of the 80s and early 90s.
	www.un.org.lb /un/template.asp?id=26 (4740 words)

	World’s sixth Nuclear Weapon’s Power of India ranks 132nd in UN’s Human Development Index-1999
		This tenth year that the UN publication is spotlighting, with massive statistical data, humanity’s march towards a better life.
		The Human Development Index (HDI) has been constructed ever year since 1990 to measure average achievements in basic human development in one simple composite index and to produce a ranking of countries, a cross section of which is reproduced below, to give an idea where India stands after fifty years of so called Independence.
		Indians working at the UN have somehow managed with low birth weight at 33% and also have managed to omit the information that India has the highest population of AIDS cases in the world.
	www.khalistan-affairs.org /Main/K_Calling/KC071499.html (619 words)

	Regional: Women Lag Behind on UN Index
		The document, which the UN has published annually since 1990, uses a human development index (HDI) to rank the 174 countries involved in the study based on the opportunities available to their populations.
		The gender category used by the UN refers to the social functions that are designated based on biological references such as sex, which are often translated into differences that discriminate against women.
		Latin America's rankings for the gender-related development index are better overall than the gender empowerment measure, as there has been progress in the region's per capita growth.
	www.converge.org.nz /lac/articles/news990724a.htm (674 words)

	The UN human development index - smh.com.au
		While the U.N. Human Development Program found progress in most countries in its latest ranking released Wednesday, the report said, more than 60 of 173 countries ranked in this year's human development index have lower income per capita today than before 1990.
		All 24 countries at the bottom of the index are in sub-Saharan Africa, with Sierra Leone again ranked last.
		Iraq was not in the index because of "lack of information" on the country, said Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, the report's chief author.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/07/24/1027497352616.html (464 words)

	Angola: Oil Report, Peace Monitor, 01/08/00
		The British government has offered $200,000 to help with the work of the expert panels, who are due to present their report on sanctions-busting to the UN Security Council by the end of February 2000, with the report being made public by the end of March.
		Incidentally, the fact that these aircraft were seen by UN personnel, but were not inspected, is an indictment of the lack of proactive action taken by the UN whilst UNITA was rearming right under its nose.
		The intention to hold a special session was announced by the US ambassador to the UN, Richard Holbrooke, on 6 December at a speech in South Africa at the end of his 10-nation African tour, including a two-day stop in Angola.
	www.africa.upenn.edu /Urgent_Action/apic_010800.html (2465 words)

	Articles - Human Development Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		For instance, the minimum life expectancy a country can have is 25, so 25 is subtracted from both the LE index and the maximum LE of 85.
		Worsening education, economies, and mortality rates caused declines in the HDIs amongst the first group while HIV/AIDS is the principal cause of decline in the second group.
		The Republic of China (Taiwan) has calculated its HDI to be 0.910 for 2003 based on the following data: life expectancy of 76.1 years, adult literacy rate of 97.0%, combined gross enrollment rate of 97%, and GDP per capita (PPP) of US$23,911.
	www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Human_Development_Index (654 words)

	Canada's Rank in UN Index - Index of Living Conditions
		The country's standard of living, health care system, educational attainment, housing, cultural and recreational facilities, level of public safety and tourist opportunities are all of an exceptionally high quality.
		NOTES: The Human Development Index (HDI) is a measure of life expectancy, education and national income.
		A high HDI indicates a high level of development and a high overall standard of living.
	www.2ontario.com /welcome/coca_801.asp (146 words)

	Namibia shows steady slide down HDI index
		In the past year, Namibia has slipped two places on the Human Development Index (HDI) of the UN Development Programme to 126th position.
		The index is a widely accepted measure of people's living standards, ranking countries according to a set of criteria, such as life span, education and buying power.
		The report states that Namibia's German community's income is at the same level as Norway, which heads the human development index as the country with the best living conditions.
	www.namibian.com.na /2004/July/national/04566395C8.html (631 words)

	Government of Tonga :: UN Human Development Index Report 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Siosiua T T ‘Utoikamanu, released a statement on the United Nation’s Human Development Index report which gave Tonga the highest ranking out of all the Pacific Island countries.
		The HDI is a standard means of measuring the well-being of people.
		We want to reduce this gap and this is why we need to continue focusing on education and health,” he said.
	pmo.gov.to /index.php/articles/236?theme=rss (303 words)

	Links to conferences, projects, NGOs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		For example the UN Human Development Index (HDI), the Index for Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW; Cobb), the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI; Cobb, Anielski), the Index for Economic Well-being (IEW; Osberg and Sharpe), and the Index for Social Health (ISH; Miringoff).
		It is worth noting that the UN HDI is composed of only four indicators, one of which is GDP per capita.
		The application of the UN Human Development Index (HDI) for the US (using only 5 data points 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, and 1997 and extrapolating between years) suggests rising quality of life in the US since 1975.
	members.shaw.ca /GD2004/2004WorkAnielski.htm (18802 words)

	Articles - HDI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Those high on the list often advertise it, as a means of attracting talented immigrants (economically, individual capital) or discouraging emigration.
		Other countries that exhibit high human development amidst countries with lower HDIs include (with their position) South Korea (28th), Costa Rica (47th), Cuba (52nd), and Panama (56th).
		* The Republic of China (Taiwan) has calculated its HDI to be 0.910 for 2003 based on the following data: life expectancy of 76.1 years, adult literacy rate of 97.0%, combined gross enrollment rate of 97%, and GDP per capita (PPP) of US$23,911.
	www.couponsa.com /articles/HDI (696 words)

	TIA - Brazil Travel View 2001 â“ Demographics & Sociology
		According to the United Nations Human Development Index (UN HDI) Brazil is one of the mid-level nations in achieving basic dimensions of human development.
		The UN HDI ranks 174 nations on their level of human development, from most developed to least developed, based on several factors: life expectancy at birth; adult literacy rate; combined first, second and third educational level gross enrollment rate; life expectancy index; educational index; and GDP index.
		The UN ranks Brazil as number 125 among its 189 member countries for quality and efficiency of health care.
	www.tia.org /researchpubs/brazil_travelview_demographics_socio.html (3399 words)

	India betters ranking in UN human development index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		New Delhi, July 12: India has for the first time entered the "medium" category in the United Nations Human Development Index and is ranked 132nd out of 174 countries.
		The ranks of India's SAARC and other geographical neighbours on the HDI are: Bangladesh--150, Bhutan--145, China--98, Maldives--93, Myanmar--128, Nepal--144, Pakistan--138, and Sri Lanka--90.
		The report also ranks countries on two significant gender-sensitive indices in thegender-related development index or GDI, measuring achievements in basic human development from a gender perspective.
	www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19990713/fec13033.html (566 words)

	DVD Talk Forum - War criminals go free in Norway
		He said he thinks many would-be refugees admit to crimes from their war-torn homelands in the hope of being able to stay in Norway.
		Since I don't recall any convincing example proving that the HDI is crap posted here, you'll have to provide some.
		The UN never said that Norway is the best place to live in.
	forum.dvdtalk.com /showthread.php?t=416282 (659 words)

	UN & Gender (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Promoting well-defined preventive, protective and prosecution strategies to reduce trafficking of women and children, it has catalyzed regional cooperation among all stakeholders to stop human trafficking in South Asia, strengthening the accountability of key actors to counter the impunity with which acts of violence occur.
		The starting point of the analysis is the computation of district wise indices such as the Human Development Index (HDI), Gender Development Index (GDI) and in some cases the Human Poverty Index (HPI).
		The State HDR exercise has a significant effect both in instrumental terms of collation/ compilation of gender related data for purposes of index construction as also the normative value of sensitising the need for more reliable data at the district and local levels, including the training of data providers and users.
	www.unic.org.in /News/2004/ds/feb04.htm (3574 words)

	UN Human Development Index: India ranked 127
		In the ranking done annually by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), India has made progress on the HDI value, which has gone up from.595 in 2004's report to.602 this year, but it is again ranked at 127 amongst 177 countries.
		On the Human Poverty Index (HPI-1), India's rank is a modest 58 amongst 103 developing countries.
		The HDI combines measures of life expectancy, school enrolment, literacy and income to allow a broader view of a country's development than does income alone.
	www.expressindia.com /fullstory.php?newsid=54197 (313 words)

	UN - HDI Human Development Index - Invision Power Services
		UN - HDI Human Development Index - Invision Power Services
		Brazil don't figure on these lists above but the best HDI in Brazil is from São Caetano do Sul city neighbouring São Paulo city where GM have a factory.
		Index from São Caetano is the same of Denmark 17º at Most Livable ranking.
	forums.invisionpower.com /index.php?showtopic=189399 (312 words)

	The Secret Lives of Energy - The Energy Problem - Discussion Topics
		The statistics relate to energy use, life expectancy, nutrition and health, income and poverty, carbon dioxide emissions, and so on.
		Three of the indicators are combined to calculate a Human Development Index (HDI).
		The UN's HDI is considered by many to be a fair measure of basic human well-being."
	www.sln.org /csi/hughes/topic5.html (461 words)

	Human Development Index: un human development index, 2005 human development index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Human Development Index un human development index, 2005 human development index
		The following countries or territories are not ranked in the 2005 human development index, for being unable or unwilling to provide the necessary data.
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	winelib.com /wiki/Human_Development_Index (928 words)

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