The Measurement of Human Development and Poverty

Suman Seth () and Antonio Villar

No 14.10, Working Papers from Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper is devoted to the discussion of the measurement of human development and poverty, especially in United Nations Development Program’s global Human Development Reports. We first outline the methodological evolution of different indices over the last two decades, focusing on the well-known Human Development Index (HDI) and the poverty indices. We then critically evaluate these measures and discuss possible improvements that can be made.

Keywords: human development; inequality; poverty; measurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 D63 I32 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2014-12
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