Human development index
Human development is the process of increasing people’s choices by expanding their human capabilities, functioning and opportunities, and at the same time, raising the level of their achieved well-being in a sustainable manner. Human development therefore focuses on people and the satisfaction of their basic needs.
Human Development Index
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is regularly publishing their global Human Development Reports (HDRs) since 1990 to measure the country’s in human development through Human Development Index (HDI).
The HDI is a summary composite index that measures a country’s average achievements in terms of three basic aspects of human development: longevity, knowledge, and decent standard of living.
Longevity is measured through life expectancy at birth
Knowledge is measured by a combination of the adult literacy rate and the combined primary , secondary and tertiary gross enrollment ratio and
Standard of living is measured through GDP per capita (PPP US$)
The value of HDI is ranging from 0 to 1.
UNDP has published their global HDR for the 2013 entitled “The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World”. According to the report, the Philippines ranked 114th out of 187 countries with an index of 0.654.
In the Philippines, life expectancy at birth stood at 69 years.
The expected years and mean years of schooling is 11.7 and 8.9 years, respectively
The country’s Gross National Income per capita reached US$3,572.00, while the Gross Domestic Product per capita is US$3,631.00
The UNDP said 18.4% of the country’s population lived below the poverty line of US$1.25/day during the 2002-2011. 9% of the population is considered vulnerable to poverty while 5.7% is living in severe poverty
Despite the slow increase in the overall value of the HDI in the Philippines, the Health Index, Education Index and Income Index were separately estimated as 0.773, 0.679 and 0.535 respectively for the year 2013
This suggests that development
Human Development Index
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is regularly publishing their global Human Development Reports (HDRs) since 1990 to measure the country’s in human development through Human Development Index (HDI).
The HDI is a summary composite index that measures a country’s average achievements in terms of three basic aspects of human development: longevity, knowledge, and decent standard of living.
Longevity is measured through life expectancy at birth
Knowledge is measured by a combination of the adult literacy rate and the combined primary , secondary and tertiary gross enrollment ratio and
Standard of living is measured through GDP per capita (PPP US$)
The value of HDI is ranging from 0 to 1.
UNDP has published their global HDR for the 2013 entitled “The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World”. According to the report, the Philippines ranked 114th out of 187 countries with an index of 0.654.
In the Philippines, life expectancy at birth stood at 69 years.
The expected years and mean years of schooling is 11.7 and 8.9 years, respectively
The country’s Gross National Income per capita reached US$3,572.00, while the Gross Domestic Product per capita is US$3,631.00
The UNDP said 18.4% of the country’s population lived below the poverty line of US$1.25/day during the 2002-2011. 9% of the population is considered vulnerable to poverty while 5.7% is living in severe poverty
Despite the slow increase in the overall value of the HDI in the Philippines, the Health Index, Education Index and Income Index were separately estimated as 0.773, 0.679 and 0.535 respectively for the year 2013
This suggests that development