The Question of Using HDI for Developing Countries Classification and New Methods of Calculation with Special Regards to Environment

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Question of Using HDI for Developing Countries Classification and New Methods of Calculation with Special Regards to Environment

Original language description

Gross domestic product (GDP) is nowadays the most common tool for measuring economic development and for international classification of countries worldwide (Ranis et al, 2004; Jeníček et al., 2005). The paper presents some main disadvantages of GDP andshows, that Human development index (HDI) is more eligible for reason, that it includes both economic (represented by above mentioned GDP) and social part of human development. For that reason, the paper brings the newest values of HDI, which were counted (for the year 2005) according to the UNDP methodology, but which are independent from UNDP sources to compare 192 independent economics in the world, when United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) brings annually data for circa 175 countries only andnew bounds for groups of countries were layout. Finally, the new methods of measuring the HDI components (DALE - new method of calculation life expectancy and GPI - new view on impact of economic development on the environment (Hamilton

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AH - Economics

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2006

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Agricultura tropica et subtropica

ISSN

0231-5742

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Volume of the periodical

39

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

14

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