Human Development Measurement: A broader approach in India

Sarvalingam, A and Sivakumar, Marimuthu (2010): Human Development Measurement: A broader approach in India.

Abstract

How can we measure economic development? Is it in money terms or in human terms? If it is the second one, how can we measure economic development in human aspects? These questions had been asked and argued for several years. Human development concept and its index gives answer for these questions. This paper aims to depict the concept of human development and its measurement especially in the Indian context

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Human Development; India; Longevity; Education; Standard of living
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I31 - General Welfare, Well-Being; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I0 - General; A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics > A13 - Relation of Economics to Social Values; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O15 - Human Resources ; Human Development ; Income Distribution ; Migration; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

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