INDICATORS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT — Economics STD 12 Commerce — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 CommerceEconomicsINDICATORS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT3 Marks
Question
How does $HDR-2015$ divide the world countries? What do you analyse from the report?
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Answer
The Human Development Report $(HDR)$ of $2014$ was published in $2015. $The report gave $HDI$ for $188$ countries. It classified these countries into four parts on the basis of human development.They are:
Countries having highest $($maximum$)$ human development: The average value of $HDI$ of $1st$ to $49th$ ranking countries was $0.890.$
Countries having high human development: Average value of $HDI$ of $50,h$ to $105th$ ranking countries was $0.735.$
Countries with moderate human development: Average value of $HDI$ of $106th$ to $143rd$ ranking countries was $0.614.$
Countries having low human development:
Average value of $HDI$ of $144th$ to $188th$ ranking countries was $0.493.$ Analysis of the $HDI$ pf $2015:$
Norway stood at number $1$ position with $HDI$ of $0.944.$
Out of $188$ countries India stood at $130th$ position with $HDI$ of $0.609.$
Comparing India’s position with the four divisions given above we can say that India comes in the category of countries with moderate human development.
Niger in Africa has an $HDI$ of $0.348$ and comes last in the order of $HDI$ of $2015.$
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