This document summarizes the relationship between social progress, economic development, and state competitiveness in India. Some key findings are: 1. There is a positive relationship between GDP per capita and social progress, but the relationship is not linear. 2. Economic development alone does not fully explain differences in social progress between states with similar GDP per capita, showing other factors also influence social progress. 3. Basic human needs have the strongest correlation with economic growth, while opportunity has the weakest, as expected theoretically. It also finds a mild correlation between social progress and state competitiveness in India.

1. Amit Kapoor @ TEDxIIMAhmedabad
Social Progress

4. Infographic Source: The Economist May11-17th 2013

13. Global Tolerance Index
Country Tolerance Index
Canada 1
Iceland 2
New Zealand 3
Australia 4
United Kingdom 5
Brazil 15
Bangladesh 43
Pakistan 54
South Africa 57
China 96
India 108
Source: Global Creativity Index 2015

14. Rising
Intolerance

16. Relationship between
competitiveness and
creativity
This includes the top 10
competitive cities in India
excluding Gurgaon and
Noida. The coefficient of
correlation between the
two comes out to be 0.62.
Source: City Competitiveness Report
2016 and Creative Economy o Cities
2016

19. SOCIAL PROGRESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

21. SOCIAL PROGRESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Key Findings:
•There exists a positive and strong
relationship between GDP per
capita and Social Progress Index.
•The relationship between social
progress and GDP (economic
development) is not linear.
•Third, despite the correlation
among GDP per capita and social
progress index, considerable
amount of variability in social
progress is observed among states
with comparable levels of GDP per
capita. Economic development
alone is not sufficient to explain
social progress outcomes.
Notes
1. Per capita income is the latest data available on the Press Information Bureau, Government of India for all the states.
2. Size of the bubble represents population of the state.

22. Social Progress Index and GDP:
Dimension Level Relationship
Dimensions of Social Progress and Economic Development
• The model predicts that GDP per capita
explains 49%, 45% and 15% of the
variation in Basic Human Needs,
Foundations of Wellbeing and
Opportunity scores respectively.
• Theoretically also we expect Basic
Human Needs to have the highest
correlation with economic growth. At low
levels of income, a small improvement in
GDP per capita can make resources
available for states to invest in basic
needs of survival such as housing, safety
etc.
• But findings also suggest that the ability
of a state to utilize the resources can have
a huge impact on the availability of basic
needs. For example, Odisha and Madhya
Pradesh both are low income states but
Madhya Pradesh has been able to provide
its citizens with basic needs in a better
way.
Notes
1. Per capita income is the latest data available on the Press Information Bureau, Government of India for all the states.
2. Size of the bubble represents population of the state.

23. Mild correlation exists
between social
progress and state
competitiveness.
SOCIAL PROGRESS AND STATE COMPETITIVENESS
Size of the bubble represents
population of the state.

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