A Review on Human Development Index

Javaid, Anam; Akbar, Atif; Nawaz, Shahbaz

A Review on Human Development Index

Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences July – September 2018, Volume 6, No. 3, Pages 357 – 369

13 Pages Posted: 8 Aug 2019

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Anam Javaid

The Women University Multan - Department of Statistics

Atif Akbar

Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan - Department of Statistics

Shahbaz Nawaz

Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan

Date Written: August 5, 2019

Abstract

Human development index is considered as very important for economy as by looking on it, development level of any country can be seen. It is based on education Index, health index and on GDP so for the purpose of analyzing the developing level of a country in different years, it is important to consider its HDI. In literature, Different authors have worked on HDI. The current paper summarizes the work by different authors so from this review paper the work that had been done on HDI can be seen.

Keywords: Human Development, Multivariate analysis, Economy, Pakistan

JEL Classification: G12, G21, G32, E43

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Javaid, Anam and Akbar, Atif and Nawaz, Shahbaz, A Review on Human Development Index (August 5, 2019). Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences July – September 2018, Volume 6, No. 3, Pages 357 – 369, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3432413