Human Development Index
Economics ⇒ Economic Development
Human Development Index starts at 10 and continues till grade 12.
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Describe how life expectancy at birth affects the HDI of a country.
Describe how the HDI can help policymakers.
Describe one limitation of the Human Development Index.
Explain the difference between HDI and GDP per capita.
Explain the importance of education in improving a country's HDI.
Explain why HDI is considered a better measure of development than per capita income alone.
Explain why inequality-adjusted HDI (IHDI) was introduced.
Explain why per capita income alone is not a sufficient indicator of development.
Which indicator is used to measure the education dimension in HDI? (1) Mean years of schooling (2) Gross enrollment ratio (3) Number of universities (4) Teacher-student ratio
Which of the following best describes the purpose of HDI? (1) To measure only economic growth (2) To measure human well-being and development (3) To measure military strength (4) To measure population size
Which of the following countries is likely to have a higher HDI? (1) A country with high life expectancy, high literacy, and high income (2) A country with low life expectancy, low literacy, and low income
Which of the following is a criticism of HDI? (1) It ignores income (2) It ignores health (3) It ignores inequality (4) It ignores education
Fill in the blank: A country with an HDI value below ________ is considered to have low human development.
Fill in the blank: HDI is published annually in the ________ Human Development Report.
Fill in the blank: The education index in HDI is calculated using mean years of schooling and ________ years of schooling.
Fill in the blank: The HDI is calculated using the ________ mean of the three dimension indices.
True or False: A country with high GNI per capita but low life expectancy will have a high HDI.
True or False: A higher HDI value indicates a higher level of human development.
True or False: HDI can be used to compare the development levels of different countries.
True or False: HDI can be used to measure progress over time within a country.
