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On Adjusting the Survivorship Dimension in the Human Development Index |
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Udaya S. Mishra |
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Over the years, a refinement and improvement has been made in the Human Development
Index (HDI) in the wake of questions and reservations raised in connection with the adequacy
of representation of the three said dimensions in terms of the chosen indicators. Surprisingly,
such revisions are accounted for only in the literacy and GDP component leaving aside the life
expectancy component, which is assumed to represent the survivorship dimension well. This is
an attempt at pointing inadequacies in this dimension as well in terms of its lack of uniqueness
and sensitivity. As a result, a similar refinement is proposed in terms of considering another
additional dimension of survivorship to make it more robust and sensitive to short-term changes
in the dynamics of survival. |
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