HDI and economic prosperity Learning objec-ve: To evaluate the Human Development Index as a measure of economic prosperity
Starter • Human Development Index -‐ sta-s-c used to rank countries by level of "human development” . The sta-s-c is composed from data on life expectancy, educa-on and per-‐capita GNI (to denote economic prosperity).
Human Development Index Under Developing Developed Developed
Category Rank
Country
HDI
1
Norway
0.938
15
Israel
0.872
26
United Kingdom
0.849
51
Croa-a
0.767
83
Turkey
0.679
118
India
0.519
130
Ghana
0.467
148
Tanzania
0.398
167
Niger
0.261
Task in pairs • Log on to the computers and research 3 of the countries from the previous table, one from each category. • Use the CIA world factbook, www.ec.europa.eu/eurostat and other resources. • Present your research in any method you like.