A Tale of Two Indices: The Commitment to Development Index as a Model for the Humanitarian Response Index

David Roodman

Chapter Chapter 3 in The Humanitarian Response Index 2008, 2009, pp 65-74 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Indexes, which distill large amounts of information into a few numbers, have steadily gained popularity among policy advocates and researchers in recent decades. Indexes help make abstract ideas seem more concrete. They attract attention because the human mind is drawn to conflict and competition, which indexes exploit by rating and ranking. Moreover, modern information technology has made it much easier to collect and process large data sets.

Keywords: Human Development Index; Asylum Seeker; Development Index; Rich Country; Global Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230584617_3

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