2014 UNDP Human Development Report Office OCCASIONAL PAPER ON METHODOLOGY An Inventory of Composite Measures of Human Progress Lin Yang Lin Yang is a London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) student. She prepared this occasional paper for the Human Development Report Office. An Inventory of Composite Measures of Human Progress Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 5 Readers’ Guide ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 Explanation of Concept Categories .......................................................................................................................................................... 6 Description of Details Contained in the Inventory ........................................................................................................................... 7 Inventory .................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Children's Well-being 1. Child and Youth Well-Being Index (CWI) ................................................................................................................................ 9 2. Child Development Index (CDI) ................................................................................................................................................. 10 3. Child Well-being in Rich Countries .......................................................................................................................................... 11 4. Child-friendliness Index ................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Economic Progress 5. Commitment to Development Index ....................................................................................................................................... 13 6. IMD World Competitiveness Ranking ..................................................................................................................................... 14 7. Index of Economic Well-being (IEWB) ................................................................................................................................... 15 8. Inclusive Wealth Index .................................................................................................................................................................. 16 9. Happy Income (HI) Index ............................................................................................................................................................. 17 Environment 10. Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) ............................................................................................................................ 18 11. Environmental Performance Index (EPI) .............................................................................................................................. 19 12. Happy Planet Index (HPI) ............................................................................................................................................................ 21 Gender Disparities 13. Gender Equity Index ....................................................................................................................................................................... 22 14. Global Gender Gap Index .............................................................................................................................................................. 23 15. African Gender and Development Index................................................................................................................................ 24 Globalisation 16. A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Globalization Index ............................................................................................................. 25 17. CSGR Globalisation Index ............................................................................................................................................................. 26 18. KOF Index of Globalization .......................................................................................................................................................... 27 Governance 19. Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI): Status Index ........................................................................... 29 20. Change Readiness Index (CRI) ................................................................................................................................................... 30 21. Democracy Index .............................................................................................................................................................................. 31 22. Economic Freedom of the World Index (EFW) ................................................................................................................... 32 23. Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) ....................................................................................................................... 33 24. Index of Economic Freedom........................................................................................................................................................ 34 25. Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI): Management Index ............................................................. 35 26. Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) ............................................................................................................................ 36 Human Capabilities 27. Gender Inequality Index (GII) .................................................................................................................................................... 37 28. Human Development Index (HDI) ............................................................................................................................................ 38 29. Inequality-Adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) ............................................................................................... 39 30. Gender-related Development Index (GDI) ............................................................................................................................ 40 2014 Human Development Report Office 2 OCCASIONAL PAPER An Inventory of Composite Measures of Human Progress 31. American Human Development Index ................................................................................................................................... 41 32. Basic Capabilities Index (BCI) .................................................................................................................................................... 42 33. Education for All Development Index (EDI) ........................................................................................................................ 42 Human Progress 34. Index of Human Progress (IHP) ................................................................................................................................................. 43 35. Weighted Index of Social Progress (WISP) ........................................................................................................................... 44 36. Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) ............................................................................................................................................. 45 37. Pollution-Sensitive Human Development Index (HDPI) ................................................................................................ 47 38. Human Sustainable Development Index (HSDI) ................................................................................................................ 48 Poverty 39. Human Poverty Index for Developing Countries (HPI-I) ............................................................................................... 49 40. Human Poverty Index for Selected OECD Countries (HPI-II) ....................................................................................... 50 41. Global Hunger Index ....................................................................................................................................................................... 50 42. Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI) ......................................................................................................... 51 43. Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) .................................................................................................................................. 52 Quality of Living 44. Combined Quality of Life (QOL) Index .................................................................................................................................... 53 45. Index of Individual Living Conditions ..................................................................................................................................... 55 46. World’s Best Countries .................................................................................................................................................................. 56 47. Global Liveability