Human Development
Human Development in United Nations Activities
In this context, Human Development means:
is the expansion of people’s freedoms to live long, healthy and creative lives; to advanceother goals they have reason to value;and to engage actively in shaping development equitably and sustainably on ashared planet. People are both the beneficiaries and drivers of human development, as individuals and in groups.(Definition of Human development of the 2010 HDR)
Human Development Index (hdi) in United Nations Activities
In this context, Human Development Index (hdi) means:
a composite index measuring average achievement in a country in three basic dimensions of human development:A long and healthy life, measured by life expectancy at birth. Knowledge, measured by Mean of years of schooling and Expected years of schooling•. A decent standard of living measured by GDP per capita in purchasing power parity (PPP) in terms of US dollars.
Very High, High, Medium, Low Human Development Groups (in the Human Development Area)
In this context, Very High, High, Medium, Low Human Development Groups means:
_ountry classifications based on Human Development Index (HDI) quartiles. A country is in the very high group if its HDI is in the top quartile, in the high group if its HDI is in percentiles 51-75, in the medium group if its HDI is in percentiles 26-50 and in the low group is in the bottom quartile. Earlier Human Development reports used absolute rather than relative thresholds.
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See Also
- Social Policy
- Social Development
- Sociology
- Public Policy
- Social Law
Hierarchical Display of Human development
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Concept of Human development
See the dictionary definition of Human development.
Characteristics of Human development
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Translation of Human development
- Spanish: Desarrollo humano
- French: Développement humain
- German: Menschliche Entwicklung
- Italian: Sviluppo umano
- Portuguese: Desenvolvimento humano
- Polish: Rozwój społeczny
Thesaurus of Human development
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See also
- Economic development
- Developing countries
- Basic needs
- Economic transition
- Integrated development
- Growth point
- Economic disparity
- Economic growth
- Economic reconstruction
- Economic take-off
- Development potential
- Underdevelopment
- Industrialised country
- Newly industrialised country
- Least-developed country
- Social well-being
- Right to development
- Human development index
- HDI
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