Why Did the UNDP Introduce the Inequality-Adjusted HDI?

💡 The Answer

• Critics criticized how factors are weighed in the HDI.
• An additional year of life expectancy is valued differently between countries.
• This criticism led to the introduction of the inequality-adjusted HDI (IHDI).
• The IHDI was introduced in the UNDP's 2010 report.
• IHDI addresses distributional inequality.