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What's beyond the human developement index?

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  • Diego Lanzi

    (Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit)

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In this note, we firstly discuss Chakravarty (2003) axiomatic foundation of the Generalized Human Development Index (GHDI) then we pro- pose a different set of axioms through which a class of Foster-Shorrocks-like Human Development Measures phases out. As we will argue, this class better deals with some recent philosofical advancements of the Capability Approach.

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  • Diego Lanzi, 2004. "What's beyond the human developement index?," AICCON Working Papers 7-2004, Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit.
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    Keywords

    HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; WELL-BEING MEA- SURES; CAPABILITY APPROACH;
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    JEL classification:

    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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