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Tete Saepudin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Development of Electricity Program, Electrification Ratio with Human Development Index in West Java Province, Indonesia
    International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 2018
    Co-Authors: Tete Saepudin
    Abstract:

    This research analyzes the Development of rural electricity program, electrification ratio with Human Development Index in West Java Province. The method used in this analysis is analytical descriptive with the aim of developer of rural electric program in an effort to increase the achievement of electrification ratio and Human Development Index. Acceleration of the achievement of electrification ratio in West Java Province can exceed the national electrification ratio after the issuance of Regulation no. 21 Year 2014, on the implementation of electricity. The components of the Human Development Index are formed from life expectancy, average length of schooling, school life expectancy, and per capita expenditure. Human Development Index, shows an increasing value although still below the average Index of national Human Development (Indonesia). The results of the electrification ratio have a positive and significant effect on Human Development Index.

Hamid Salehiniya - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

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Cengiz Türe - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • A methodology to analyse the relations of ecological footprint corresponding with Human Development Index: eco-sustainable Human Development Index
    International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 2012
    Co-Authors: Cengiz Türe
    Abstract:

    We can easily argue that nowadays the ‘Human Development Index’ (HDI), which is widely used to evaluate the socio-economic Development of countries, has largely been ignored when it comes to the extent that this Development affects the world ecosystem. Naturally, the universal definition of Development covers a total quality of environmental and ecological effects. In addition, when it comes to sustainability of any given country, a paradox emerges on close inspection of environmental Development, not forgetting that all countries worldwide are included to evaluate the HDI. In this study, in Development ranking according to the proposed ‘eco-sustainable Human Development Index’ (E-SHDI), it is determined that Switzerland and New Zealand are placed in a very high group, but no countries feature in high group, Gabon is in the middle whereas Bangladesh, Yemen, Angola, Cameroon and Kenya feature in a low group within the context 10 countries according to HDI values (2011). According to comparative actual eval...

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  • Population structure and the Human Development Index
    2019
    Co-Authors: Carmen Herrero, Ricardo Martínez, Antonio Villar
    Abstract:

    This paper provides an alternative way of measuring Human Development that takes explicitly into account the differences in the countries’ population structures. The interest of this proposal stems from two complementary elements. First, that there is an enormous diversity in the population structures of those countries analysed in the Human Development Reports, particularly the shares of old people in the population. Second, that demographic characteristics are relevant in the evaluation of Development possibilities. We propose to change the way of measuring health, education and material wellbeing, in order to take into account those differences in the population structures. Regarding the health component, we substitute Life Expectancy at Birth by Life Potential (the average life expectancy of the current population); concerning education, we change the average between Mean Years of Schooling and Expected Years of Schooling by the Education Potential (a variable that mimics life potential in this context). As for the material well-being, we propose using the Gross National Income per adult, instead of per capita, while keeping logs in the evaluation. The resulting indicator, called Demographically Adjusted Human Development Index, is the geometric mean of the three new variables suitably normalised. We analyse empirically the effect induced by these changes in the evaluation of Human Development by comparing this way of measurement with the conventional Human Development Index (HDI) for 168 countries.

  • A Newer Human Development Index
    Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2012
    Co-Authors: Carmen Herrero, Ricardo Martínez, Antonio Villar
    Abstract:

    The Human Development Index has experienced substantial modifications in the 2010 edition of the Human Development Report (changes in some of the variables, a different aggregation procedure, and the introduction of distributive considerations, among others). Those changes respond to some well-known shortcomings of the traditional design of this Index and entail substantial improvements. There are still some inconsistencies in the new construction that have to be addressed (in particular, the use of a composite variable to approach educational achievements, the use of logs for the income variable and the type of normalization adopted). We discuss in this paper those inconsistencies and suggest some relatively minor changes that would suffice to avoid them.

  • A Multiplicative Human Development Index
    Research Papers in Economics, 2008
    Co-Authors: Carmen Herrero, Ricardo Martínez Rico, Antonio Villar
    Abstract:

    This working paper provides an axiomatic foundation of a multiplicative Human Development Index as an alternative to the standard additive one. There are three key advantages that derive from our multiplicative formulation: one, that it is a theoretically wellfounded measure; two, that it does not impose the restriction of having a constant rate of substitution between health, education, and income; and three, that it allows the introduction of distributive considerations. We also present a comparative analysis between the additive and the multiplicative indices, using the 2006 data corresponding to 125 countries. The empirical study illustrates well how our perception of Human Development depends on the aggregation formula.

  • Multidimensional Welfare. An application to the Human Development Index
    2008
    Co-Authors: Carmen Herrero, Ricardo Mart ´ õnez, Antonio Villar
    Abstract:

    This paper provides an axiomatization of a welfare Index that allows to measure social welfare in a multidimensional context. The resulting evaluation formula is the product of the average values of the different characteristics under consideration. We apply this setting to the measurement of Human Development and compare the results so obtained with those of the United Nations Human Development Index. The key message derive from this comparison is that the standard Human Development Index hides most of the existing differences between countries.