2. Human Development Index (HDI)
The HDI was created to emphasize that people and their
capabilities should be the ultimate criteria for assessing the
development of a country, not economic growth alone. The
HDI can also be used to question national policy choices,
asking how two countries with the same level of GNI per
capita can end up with different human development
outcomes. These contrasts can stimulate debate about
government policy priorities.
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary
measure of average achievement in key dimensions of
human development: a long and healthy life, being
knowledgeable and have a decent standard of living. The
HDI is the geometric mean of normalized indices for each
of the three dimensions.
3. Human Development Index (HDI)
The health dimension is assessed by life expectancy
at birth, the education dimension is measured by
mean of years of schooling for adults aged 25 years
and more and expected years of schooling for
children of school entering age. The standard of
living dimension is measured by gross national
income per capita. The scores for the three HDI
dimension indices are then aggregated into a
composite index using geometric mean.
4. Human Development Index (HDI)
The HDI simplifies and captures only part of what
human development entails. It does not reflect on
inequalities, poverty, human security,
empowerment, etc.
A fuller picture of a country's level of human
development requires analysis of other indicators
5. Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM)
The Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) is a
measure of inequalities between men’s and women’s
opportunities in a country. It combines inequalities
in three areas: political participation and decision
making, economic participation and decision
making, and power over economic resources.
6. Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM)
Percentages for females and males are calculated
in each of three areas.
The first area is the relative number of parliamentary
seats held.
The second area is measured by two sub-components:
a) legislators, senior officials, and managers, and
b) professional and technical positions.
The third area is measured by the estimated earned
income (at purchasing power parity US$).
7. Gender Development Index (GDI)
The GDI measures gender gaps in human development
achievements by accounting for disparities between women
and men in three basic dimensions of human
development—health, knowledge and living standards
using the same component indicators as in the HDI. The
GDI is the ratio of the HDIs calculated separately for
females and males using the same methodology as in the
HDI. It is a direct measure of gender gap showing the
female HDI as a percentage of the male HDI.
The GDI is calculated for 160 countries. Countries are
grouped into five groups based on the absolute deviation
from gender parity in HDI values. This means that
grouping takes equally into consideration gender gaps
favoring males, as well as those favoring females.
8. Gender Development Index (GDI)
The GDI shows how much women are lagging behind
their male counterparts and how much women need to
catch up within each dimension of human
development. It is useful for understanding the real
gender gap in human development achievements and
is informative to design policy tools to close the gap.
9. Gender Inequality Index (GII)
Gender inequality remains a major barrier to human
development. Girls and women have made major strides
since 1990, but they have not yet gained gender equity. The
disadvantages facing women and girls are a major source of
inequality. All too often, women and girls are discriminated
against in health, education, political representation, labour
market, etc.—with negative consequences for development
of their capabilities and their freedom of choice.
The GII sheds new light on the position of women in 159
countries; it yields insights in gender gaps in major areas of
human development. The component indicators highlight
areas in need of critical policy intervention and it stimulates
proactive thinking and public policy to overcome systematic
disadvantages of women.
10. Gender Inequality Index (GII)
The GII is an inequality index. It measures gender inequalities
in three important aspects of human development—
reproductive health, measured by maternal mortality ratio
and adolescent birth rates; empowerment, measured by
proportion of parliamentary seats occupied by females and
proportion of adult females and males aged 25 years and older
with at least some secondary education; and economic status,
expressed as labour market participation and measured by
labour force participation rate of female and male populations
aged 15 years and older.
The GII is built on the same framework as the IHDI—to better
expose differences in the distribution of achievements
between women and men. It measures the human
development costs of gender inequality. Thus the higher the
GII value the more disparities between females and males and
the more loss to human development.
12. Gender Parity Index (GPI)
The Gender Parity Index (GPI) is
a socioeconomic index usually designed to
measure the relative access to education of males
and females. This index is released by UNESCO. In
its simplest form, it is calculated as the quotient of
the number of females by the number of males
enrolled in a given stage of education
(primary, secondary, etc.). It is used by
international organizations, particularly in
measuring the progress of developing countries.
13. Gender Parity Index (GPI)
Limitations
This index does not show whether improvement or
regression is due to the performance of one of the
gender groups (boys or girls). Interpretation of the
GPI requires trend analysis of the underlying
indicators.
Purpose
GPI measures progress towards gender parity in
education participation and/or learning
opportunities available for girls in relation to those
available to boys.
