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  • Human Development Index Projections - 2030
     OP - May 29, 2011, 03:41 AM
    Full article:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_future_Human_Development_Index_projections_of_the_United_Nations

    I actually found it quite interesting.

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    The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic used to rank countries by level of "human development" and separate "very high human development", "high human development", "medium human development", and "low human development" countries. The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, a developing or an under-developed country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. There are also HDI for states, cities, villages, etc. by local organizations or companies.




    Whilst Australia, Japan, the European countries and Israel are projected to have the highest Human Development rates by 2030, what I found interesting was that it was projected that:

    • Sweden would drop from an HDI ranking of 15th in the world to a ranking of 45th in the world, below Libya, Bulgaria and Cuba. Belgium also dropped to rank 40. I'm curious why they expcet this to happen, given that the Nordic model used in the Scandinavian countries is supposed to be such a success story, and that Norway is expected to be ranked 5th globally in 2030?
    • Spain would rise from rank 12-13 to rank 4, and Israel will also rank highly.
    Here's Hans Rosling on "200 years that changed the world". Only a couple minutes per video, but really interesting. Smiley On all sorts of things, human development, income, life expectancy and whatnot. It's very reassuring seeing how far we've come in just a few decades.

    Years that changed the world:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo&feature=related

    Global population growth:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl1x_k8b35A

    Link: Gapminder World (the Hans Rosling graphs on world projections. Have a look. Smiley
  • Human Development Index Projections - 2030
     Reply #1 - September 14, 2014, 02:51 PM
    The HDI is indeed interesting and somewhat useful but it is also vital to consider its limitations. For instance, there is a problem in the HDI methodology in terms of how (equal) weights are assigned which is especially apparent in the education component.


    Quote from: econlog
    Scandinavia comes out on top according to the HDI because the HDI is basically a measure of how Scandinavian your country is.


     grin12
    My mind runs, I can never catch it even if I get a head start.
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