HDI

Editor's Notes

1. Questions to ask: Do you think the combination of “health,” “education,” and “wealth” adequately measures “human development”? Why or why not? What other measures of “human development” might you include if you were to create your own human development index (e.g., environment, leisure, happiness, etc.)?
2. Is “life expectancy at birth” a good measure of health? Why or why not? Can you think of other ways to measure “health” that might bring about different results (e.g., obesity rates, infant mortality rate, etc.)? Is the combination of “adult literacy” and “gross enrollment” a good measure of “education”? Why or why not? Can you think of other ways to measure “education” that might bring about different results (e.g., percent in college, test scores, etc.)? Is “GDP per capita” a good measure of “wealth”? Why or why not? Can you think of other ways to measure “wealth” that might bring about different results (e.g., income inequality, poverty rates, etc.)?