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1.3. Other Multi-dimensional measures of Human Development

To obtain a full picture of the evolution of human development, one must go beyond the dimensions in the HDI. Significant aggregate progress in health, education and income is qualified by high and persistent inequality, unsustainable production patterns and disempowerment of large groups of people around the world. In the most notable innovations in the 20th anniversary year of Human Development Report, three new multidimensional measures of inequality and poverty were introduced.

 

1.3.1. Inequality adjusted HDI (IHDI)1.3.2. Gender Inequality Index (GII)Figure 2. Components of GII1.3.3. Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index (MPI)Figure 3. Dimensions of MPIFigure 4. HDI progress of India