HUMAN

DEVELOPMENT INDEX
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What is HDI?
Achievement in key dimensions of Human Development
o Long and Healthy Life
o Being Educated (Knowledgeable)
o Decent Standard of Living
The HDI does not reflect on inequalities, poverty, human
security, and empowerment of human capital. It simply
forms part of the annual human development report.
The HDI was created to emphasize that people and their
capabilities should be the ultimate criteria for assessing
the development of a country, not economic growth
alone.

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UNDP Report 2014

SustainingHuman Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building
Resilience, the Report provides a fresh perspective on vulnerability and
proposes ways to strengthen resilience. Persistent vulnerability threatens
human development. And unless it is systematically tackled by policies and
social norms, progress will be neither equitable nor sustainable.
Levels in human development continues to rise yet the pace has slowed
for all regions and progress has been highly uneven.The lower human
development groups appear to be improving at a higher rate grounds for
optimism that the gap between higher and lower human development
groups is narrowing.
In the Arab States, Asia and the Pacific region, and Latin America and the
Caribbean, average annual growth rate in HDI dropped by about half over
20082013 compared to 20002008. Threats such as financial crises,
fluctuations in food prices, natural disasters and violent conflict
significantly impede progress.
Overall inequality has declined slightly in most regions, as measured by
the Inequality-Adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI). This has been
driven mainly by improvements in health in recent years. However high
disparities in education persist. The Report shows that older generations
continue to struggle with illiteracy, while younger ones are having difficulty
making the leap from primary to secondary schooling. The highest levels of
education inequality are found in South Asia, the Arab states and SubSaharan Africa.
The Report calls for stronger collective action, as well as better global