The United Nations Development Programme has proposed a new "Human Development Index" (HDI) to improve on per capita gross national product, the usual measure of "development." This article challenges ...

Since its launch in 1990, the Human Development Index (HDI) has been an important marker of attempts to broaden measures of progress and serves multiple functions for academics and policymakers, as ...

Srilanka, May 8 -- Sri Lanka ranks 89th among the 193 countries featured in the 2025 Human Development Index (HDI) released recently by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).