Uma proposta de extensão do "índice de desenvolvimento humano" das Nações Unidas
By: ROMÃO, Maurício Costa
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ArticlePublisher: São Paulo : Nobel, out./dez. 1993Revista de Economia Política = Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 13, 4, p. 97-111Abstract: In spite the considerable advance made to the literature on development by the recent United Nations attempt to measuring human development, this paper argues that, specially in the context of developing countries, where poverty and inequality are of substantial order, these two dimensions should be integrated and added to the index proposed by that organism. This is accomplished by a new measure that simultaneously take into account indices of poverty, income distribution and human development. Empirical results show that the extension suggested is important and more appropriate for policy purposes
In spite the considerable advance made to the literature on development by the recent United Nations attempt to measuring human development, this paper argues that, specially in the context of developing countries, where poverty and inequality are of substantial order, these two dimensions should be integrated and added to the index proposed by that organism. This is accomplished by a new measure that simultaneously take into account indices of poverty, income distribution and human development. Empirical results show that the extension suggested is important and more appropriate for policy purposes
Revista de Economia Politica 1993
v. 13, n. 1(52)
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