Human Development Measurement: A broader approach in India

A Sarvalingam and Sivakumar Marimuthu ()

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Abstract: How can we measure economic development? Is it in money terms or in human terms? If it is the second one, how can we measure economic development in human aspects? These questions had been asked and argued for several years. Human development concept and its index gives answer for these questions. This paper aims to depict the concept of human development and its measurement especially in the Indian context

Keywords: Human Development; India; Longevity; Education; Standard of living (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 I0 I3 I31 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-05-05
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