GLRPPR Sector Resource: Social Development Indicators Factsheet
Title:
Social Development Indicators Factsheet
Abstract:
Standards of living are difficult to measure, but indicators of social development are available. A basic measure, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, is the value of all goods and services produced within a region over a given time period, averaged per person. A more advanced metric, the Human Development Index (HDI), considers life expectancy, education, and GDP. The three highest HDI-ranked countries in the world are Norway, Australia, and Switzerland. Many of the indicators discussed below are used to measure progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), a set of targets agreed upon by United Nations member states as crucial for global human progress.
URL:
http://css.umich.edu/factsheets/social-development-indicators-factsheet
Source:
Center for Sustainable Systems - University of Michigan
Resource Type:
Fact sheet/checklist
Date of Publication:
August 2017
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