The United Nations Development Programme has proposed a new "Human Development Index" (HDI) to improve on per capita gross national product, the usual measure of "development." This article challenges ...

This paper develops a new indicator for human development, the Composite Global Well-Being Index (CGWBI), spanning ten well-being dimensions: safety and security, health, education, housing, ...

Srilanka, May 8 -- Sri Lanka ranks 89th among the 193 countries featured in the 2025 Human Development Index (HDI) released recently by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Sri Lanka ...