Human Development Index (HDI) and it’s Components - Pakistan at HDI Ranking

Human Development Index (HDI) and it’s Components - Pakistan at HDI Ranking�
It described HDI with special reference to Pakistan. HDI history, its standard. Limitation and criticism on HDI. What are the Challenges of Human Development in Pakistan? Some figure/data about HDI of Pakistan

1. Human Development Index (HDI) and it’s Components - Pakistan at HDI Ranking Dr Usman Mustafa Team Leader, National Program for Improvement of Watercourses in Pakistan ME&IE Consultant, G3, Islamabad [email protected]

2. Format Wgat is HDI? Life Expectation Level of education Standerd of living History of HDI Factor Considered for FDI How to Calculate HDI? Limitation & Criticism on HDP Why HDI of Pakistan is low? What are the Challenges of Human Development in Pakistan? HDI Figures

3. Life Expectation The expectation of life is the length of time (generally measured in years) that an individual can expect to live. It is sometimes referred to as 'life expectancy'.

4. What is the meaning of a level education? The extent of formal instruction a person has received (e.g., the highest grade in school completed or its equivalent or the highest degree received) e.g. Primary, secondry, intermediate, graduation, higher education.

5. Standered of Living - GNI/Per Capita PPP ... Purchasing power parity (PPP) is a measure of the price of specific goods in different countries and is used to compare the absolute purchasing power of the countries' currencies.

6. Standered of Living - GNI/Per Capita PPP Purchasing power parity (PPP) It is a measure of the price of specific goods in different countries and is used to compare the absolute purchasing power of the countries' currencies.

7. History of HDI

8. How to Calculate HDI? Original HDI = 1/3(Life Expectancy)+1/3(Education)+1/3(Per-Capita Income) Education included adult literacy rate and school enrollments. Original HDI used arithmetic mean to calculate HDI. Hybrid HDI uses geometric mean rather than arithmetic mean in calculating HDI.

9. Example of Calculation of HDI

10. Why HDI of Pakistan is low? ... The UNDP Pakistan National Human Development Report on Inequality 2020 detailed how the country's allocation on education, health services, and social protection programmes is lower than its neighbouring countries, which spend a higher share of their GDP on human development and consequently have higher HDI rankings.

11. ... Why HDI of Pakistan is low? Insufficient education, health, and income indicators: Skyrocketing inflation, Soaring joblessness, and Worsening security Which will further dampen economic growth, the attention of our policy and decision makers is riveted by a vicious power tussle

12. What are the Challenges of Human Development in Pakistan? ... Low HDI in Pakistan is primarily a function of the feudal system and lack of land reform. This has ensured that in Pakistan, the poor remain poorer and the rich remain richer. Don't forget also that it was the erstwhile feudals who were the biggest supporters for the creation of Pakistan.

13. What are the Challenges of Human Development in Pakistan? “With over 20 million school-age children out of school, high levels of child malnutrition, and low empowerment of women, Pakistan’s human capital challenges are among the most serious in the world—it is a human capital crisis that is profound, silent and with far reaching negative effects on the potential of the country and its people,”

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