- by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Human development is defined as the process of enlarging people’s freedoms and opportunities and improving their well- being.
- three key dimensions of human development:
o Long and healthy life (Life expectancy),
o Access to knowledge (expected and mean years of schooling) and oDecent standard of living (GNI per capita).
- GNI per capita= GDP+Net factor income from abroad / Population
- First calculated by Mehboob Al Haque in 1990.