Abstract
Each year, the mass media and many governments look keenly at the country rankings by the Human Development Index (HDI), as published in the annual Human Development Reports (HDR). Klugman, Rodriguez and Choi (KRC) were members of the team that produced the 20th anniversary edition of the HDR (United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2010) which introduced a new version of this popular index. However, Ravallion (2010) argued that the new HDI has a number of undesirable features, some shared with the old index and some new. This note responds
to the points made by KRC (J Econ Inequality 9(2):249–288, 2011) in their defense of the new HDI.1
Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2010) which introduced a new version of this popular index. However, Ravallion (2010) argued that the new HDI has a number of undesirable features, some shared with the old index and some new. This note responds
to the points made by KRC (J Econ Inequality 9(2):249–288, 2011) in their defense of the new HDI.1
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-4
- DOI 10.1007/s10888-011-9193-0
- Authors
- Martin Ravallion, Development Research Group, World Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC, USA
- Journal Journal of Economic Inequality
- Online ISSN 1573-8701
- Print ISSN 1569-1721