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UNU-WIDER Composite Indices of Human Well-being: Past, Present, and Future

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Composite Indices of Human Well-being: Past, Present, and Future

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Publisher:
UNU-WIDER
Series:
WIDER Research Paper
Volume:
2004/63
Title:
Composite Indices of Human Well-being: Past, Present, and Future
Authors:
Mark McGillivray and Farhad Noorbakhsh
Publication date:
2004
ISSN Web:
1810-2611
ISBN Web:
9291906603
ISBN 13 Web:
9789291906604
Copyright holder:
© UNU-WIDER
Copyright year:
2004
Keywords:
human well-being, composite well-being indices, income per capita, Human Development Index, Physical Quality of Life Index
JEL:
I31, D63, C43, C21
Project:
Social Development Indicators - Measuring Human Well-being
Sponsor:
UNU-WIDER acknowledges the financial contributions to the research programme by the governments of Denmark (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Finland (Ministry for Foreign Affairs), Norway (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Sweden (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency-Sida) and the United Kingdom (Department for International Development).
Format:
online
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