HUMAN-DEVELOPMENT REVISITED - A NEW UNDP REPORT

被引：57

作者：

HOPKINS, M

机构：

[1] MH Consulting, Geneva

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 1991年 / 19卷 / 10期

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D O I：

10.1016/0305-750X(91)90089-Z

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

The UNDP's first annual Human Development Report is reviewed and discussed. The report introduces a new index - the human development index (HDI) - as a counter to measures of national income such as GDP. Measuring development of countries with the aid of this index gives a significantly different ordering to one based on GNP per capita. This point is not disputed, although success on the index is not a necessary and sufficient condition for success in terms of rapid economic growth, as is shown by the case of Sri Lanka. Nevertheless, the report is welcome for its attention to human development issues, for its useful statistical annex, and for its observation that the poverty of the people of the developing world has been no barrier to the affluence of their armies.

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页码：1469 / 1473

页数：5