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@article{ author = {Anand, Sudhir, Sen, Amartya}, title = {Gender Inequality in Human Development}, journal = {UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)}, year = {1995}, location = {New York}, URL = {}, abstract = {Over the past five years, a great deal has been achieved by the Human Development Report of the UNDP in shifting the focus of attention of the world community from such mechanical indicators of economic progress as GNP and GDP to indicators that come closer to reflecting the well-being and freedoms actually enjoyed by populations. Even though the Human Development Report has been influential primarily because of the extensive and detailed statistical analyses of achievements and limitations of living conditions of people in different parts of the contemporary world, the aggregative Human Development Index (HDI) also has played some part in bringing about this reorientation. Despite the obvious limitations of the HDI (arising in part from its attempt to capture a complex reality in a summary form with imperfect data), it has served as something of a rival to the other summary indicator — the aggregative GNP, which hitherto had been almost universally used as the premier index of the economic achievement of nations. The HDI has clearly been able to present some aspects of human development that the GNP tends to miss.} }Download File
AU - Anand, Sudhir, Sen, Amartya TI - Gender Inequality in Human Development PT - Journal Article DP - 1995 TA - UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) AB - Over the past five years, a great deal has been achieved by the Human Development Report of the UNDP in shifting the focus of attention of the world community from such mechanical indicators of economic progress as GNP and GDP to indicators that come closer to reflecting the well-being and freedoms actually enjoyed by populations. Even though the Human Development Report has been influential primarily because of the extensive and detailed statistical analyses of achievements and limitations of living conditions of people in different parts of the contemporary world, the aggregative Human Development Index (HDI) also has played some part in bringing about this reorientation. Despite the obvious limitations of the HDI (arising in part from its attempt to capture a complex reality in a summary form with imperfect data), it has served as something of a rival to the other summary indicator — the aggregative GNP, which hitherto had been almost universally used as the premier index of the economic achievement of nations. The HDI has clearly been able to present some aspects of human development that the GNP tends to miss.Download File
%0 Journal Article %A Anand, Sudhir, Sen, Amartya %T Gender Inequality in Human Development %D 1995 %J UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) %U , %X Over the past five years, a great deal has been achieved by the Human Development Report of the UNDP in shifting the focus of attention of the world community from such mechanical indicators of economic progress as GNP and GDP to indicators that come closer to reflecting the well-being and freedoms actually enjoyed by populations. Even though the Human Development Report has been influential primarily because of the extensive and detailed statistical analyses of achievements and limitations of living conditions of people in different parts of the contemporary world, the aggregative Human Development Index (HDI) also has played some part in bringing about this reorientation. Despite the obvious limitations of the HDI (arising in part from its attempt to capture a complex reality in a summary form with imperfect data), it has served as something of a rival to the other summary indicator — the aggregative GNP, which hitherto had been almost universally used as the premier index of the economic achievement of nations. The HDI has clearly been able to present some aspects of human development that the GNP tends to miss.Download File
TY - JOUR AU - Anand, Sudhir, Sen, Amartya TI - Gender Inequality in Human Development PY - 1995 JF - UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) UR - , AB - Over the past five years, a great deal has been achieved by the Human Development Report of the UNDP in shifting the focus of attention of the world community from such mechanical indicators of economic progress as GNP and GDP to indicators that come closer to reflecting the well-being and freedoms actually enjoyed by populations. Even though the Human Development Report has been influential primarily because of the extensive and detailed statistical analyses of achievements and limitations of living conditions of people in different parts of the contemporary world, the aggregative Human Development Index (HDI) also has played some part in bringing about this reorientation. Despite the obvious limitations of the HDI (arising in part from its attempt to capture a complex reality in a summary form with imperfect data), it has served as something of a rival to the other summary indicator — the aggregative GNP, which hitherto had been almost universally used as the premier index of the economic achievement of nations. The HDI has clearly been able to present some aspects of human development that the GNP tends to miss.Download File
TY - JOUR T1 - Gender Inequality in Human Development AU - Anand, Sudhir, Sen, Amartya PY - 1995 JF - UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) UR - , AB - Over the past five years, a great deal has been achieved by the Human Development Report of the UNDP in shifting the focus of attention of the world community from such mechanical indicators of economic progress as GNP and GDP to indicators that come closer to reflecting the well-being and freedoms actually enjoyed by populations. Even though the Human Development Report has been influential primarily because of the extensive and detailed statistical analyses of achievements and limitations of living conditions of people in different parts of the contemporary world, the aggregative Human Development Index (HDI) also has played some part in bringing about this reorientation. Despite the obvious limitations of the HDI (arising in part from its attempt to capture a complex reality in a summary form with imperfect data), it has served as something of a rival to the other summary indicator — the aggregative GNP, which hitherto had been almost universally used as the premier index of the economic achievement of nations. The HDI has clearly been able to present some aspects of human development that the GNP tends to miss.