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Why Did the UNDP Introduce the Inequality-Adjusted HDI?

šŸ’” 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.

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