Open AccessTo What Extent is the HDI a Good Indicator of the Relative 'Success' or 'Failure' of National Social Policies?
Author(s) -
Melih Sever
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
academic journal of interdisciplinary studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.148
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2281-4612
pISSN - 2281-3993
DOI - 10.5901/ajis.2013.v2n8p208
Subject(s) - human development index , trustworthiness , life expectancy , index (typography) , simplicity , political science , psychology , economic growth , development economics , human development (humanity) , economics , social psychology , computer science , law , environmental health , medicine , population , epistemology , world wide web , philosophy
The Human Development Index was launched in 1990. The idea was to measure development not just through income but also by looking at various indicators such as life expectancy and schooling. The HDI is not a good indicator of national social policies' success or failure. It suffers from many problems including; having fewer indicators to monitor for the sake of simplicity; poorly chosen indicators; methodological problems; calculation flaws and trade-off issues between variables. However, this does not change the fact that the index is, at the moment, is one of the most trustworthy and cited indexes in the field of development and it is welcomed by many governments and institutions around the world. Having said that, there are still more ways for us to develop more accurate and targeted, well grounded indexes to monitor the progress of countries in human development. DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2013.v2n8p208
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