Tag: Human Development Report

Which Countries Win (and Lose) When We Add Democracy to the Human Development Index?

Posted by and & filed under Conflict Patterns, Humanitarianism

The UNDP’s Human Development Index (HDI) is a major achievement. It has focused the world’s attention on the human aspects of development, highlighting and featuring not just economic gains but also schooling and education and life expectancy. In this, it was a hugely important corrective for a development community that tended to have a pure… Read more »