The Analysis of Human Development Index (HDI) for Categorizing the Member States of the United Nations (UN)

To categorize the nations to reflect the development status, to date, there are many conceptual frameworks. The Human Development index (HDI) that is published by the United Nations Development Programme is widely accepted and practiced by many people such as academicians, politicians, and donor organizations. However, though the development of HDI has gone through many revisions since its formulation in 1990, even the current version of the index formulation published in 2016 needs research to better understand and to gap-fill the knowledge base that can enhance the index formulation to facilitate the direction of attention such as release of funds. Therefore, in this paper, based on principal component analysis and K-means clustering algorithm, the data that reflect the measures of life expectancy index (LEI), education index (EI), and income index (II) are analyzed to categorize and to rank the member states of the UN using R statistical software package, an open source extensible programming language for statistical computing and graphics. The outcome of the study shows that the proportion of total eigen value (i.e., proportion of total variance) explained by PCA-1 (i.e., first principal component) accounts for more than 85% of the total variation. Moreover, the proportion of total eigen value explained by PCA-1 increases with time (i.e., yearly) though the amount of increase with time is not significant. However, the proportions of total eigen value explained by PCA-2 and PCA-3 decrease with time. Therefore, the loss of information in choosing PCA-1 to represent the chosen explanatory variables (i.e., LEI, EI, and II) may diminish with time if the trend of increasing pattern of proportion of total eigen value explained by PCA-1 with time continues in the future as well. On the other hand, the correlation between EI and PCA-1 increases with time although the magnitude of increase is not that significant. This same trend is observed in II as well. However, in contrast to these observations, the correlation between PCA-1 and LEI decreases with time. These findings imply that the contributions of EI and II to PCA-1 increase with time, but the contribution of LEI to PCA-1 decreases with time. On top of these, as per Hopkins statistic, the clusterability of the information conveyed by PCA-1 alone is far better than the clusterability of the information conveyed by PCA scores (i.e., PCA-1, PCA-2, and PCA-3) and the explanatory variables. Therefore, choosing PCA-1 to represent the chosen explanatory variables is becoming more concrete.

Impact of national Human Development Index on liver cancer outcomes: Transition from 2008 to 2018

BACKGROUND Liver cancer is the sixth most commonly diagnosed cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer death worldwide.Socioeconomic development,indicated by the Human Development Index(HDI),is closely interconnected with public health.But the manner in which social development and medical advances influenced liver cancer patients in the past decade is still unknown.AIM To investigate the influence of HDI on clinical outcomes for patients with existing liver cancer from 2008 to 2018.METHODS The HDI values were obtained from the United Nations Development Programme,the age-standardized incidence and mortality rates of liver cancer were obtained from the GLOBOCAN database to calculate the mortality-toincidence ratio,and the estimated 5-year net survival of patients with liver cancer was provided by the CONCORD-3 program.We then explored the association of mortality-to-incidence ratio and survival with HDI,with a focus on geographic variability across countries as well as temporal heterogeneity over the past decade.RESULTS From 2008 to 2018,the epidemiology of liver cancer had changed across countries.Liver cancer mortality-to-incidence ratios were negatively correlated and showed good fit with a modified“dose-to-inhibition response”pattern with HDI(r=-0.548,P<0.0001 for 2018;r=-0.617,P<0.0001 for 2008).Cancer survival was positively associated with HDI(r=0.408,P<0.01)and negatively associated with mortality-to-incidence ratio(r=-0.346,P<0.05),solidly confirming the interrelation among liver cancer outcome indicators and socioeconomic factors.Notably,in the past decade,the HDI values in most countries have increased alongside a decreasing tendency of liver cancer mortality-to-incidence ratios(P<0.0001),and survival outcomes have simultaneously improved(P<0.001),with significant disparities across countries.CONCLUSION Socioeconomic factors have a significant influence on cancer outcomes.HDI values have increased along with improved cancer outcomes,with significant disparities among countries.

Human development index is associated with mortality-to-incidence ratios of gastrointestinal cancers

AIM:To identify the role of human development in the incidence and mortality rates of gastrointestinal cancers worldwide.METHODS:The age-standardized incidence and mortality rates for gastrointestinal cancers,including cancers of the esophagus,stomach,pancreas,liver,gallbladder,and colorectum,were obtained from the GLOBOCAN 2008 database and United States Cancer Statistics(USCS)report.The human development index(HDI)data were calculated according to the 2011 Human Development Report.We estimated the mortality-toincidence ratios(MIRs)at the regional and national levels,and explored the association of the MIR with development levels as measured by the HDI using a modified"drug dose to inhibition response"model.Furthermore,countries were divided into four groups according to the HDI distribution,and the MIRs of the four HDI groups were compared by one-way ANOVA followed by the Tukey-Kramer post-hoc test.Statespecific MIRs in the United States were predicted from the estimated HDI using the fitted non-linear model,and were compared with the actual MIRs calculated from data in the USCS report.RESULTS:The worldwide incidence and mortality rates of gastrointestinal cancers were as high as 39.4and 54.9 cases per 100000 individuals,respectively.Linear and non-linear regression analyses revealed an inverse correlation between the MIR of gastrointestinal cancers and the HDI at the regional and national levels(<0;P=0.0028 for regional level and<0.0001 for national level,ANOVA).The MIR differed significantly among the four HDI areas(very high HDI,0.620±0.033;high HDI,0.807±0.018;medium HDI,0.857±0.021;low HDI,0.953±0.011;P<0.001,oneway ANOVA).Prediction of the MIRs for individual United States states using best-fitted non-linear models showed little deviation from the actual MIRs in the United States.Except for 28 data points(9.93%of282),the actual MIRs of all gastrointestinal cancers were mostly located in the prediction intervals via the best-fit non-linear regression models.CONCLUSION:The inverse correlation between HDI and MIR demonstrates that more developed areas have a relatively efficacious healthcare system,resulting in low MIRs,and HDI can be used to estimate the MIR.

Correlation between the Human Development Index and the Incidence and Mortality of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Objective This study was to examine the relationship between socioeconomic status and the incidence and mortality of non-Hodgkin lymphoma(NHL).Methods We compared the age-standardized incidence rate(ASIR),age-standardized mortality rate(ASMR),and the ASMR to ASIR ratio(MIR)at national and regional levels and studied the correlation between the MIR and the human development index(HDI)in 2012 and 2018.Results The highest ASIR was in North America in 2012 and in Australia in 2018,and the lowest ASIR was in Central and South Asia in both 2012 and 2018.The highest ASMR was in North Africa in both 2012 and 2018,and the lowest ASMR was in Eastern Asia and South-Central Asia in 2012 and in South-Central Asia in 2018.The lowest MIR was in Australia in both 2012 and 2018,and the highest MIR was in Western Africa in both 2012 and 2018.HDI was strongly negatively correlated with MIR(r:−0.8810,P<0.0001,2012;r:−0.8895,P<0.0001,2018).Compared to the 2012 data,the MIR in the intermediate HDI countries significantly deceased and the HDI in low and high HDI countries significantly increased in 2018.Conclusion The MIR is negatively correlated with HDI.Increasing the HDI in low and intermediate HDI countries may reduce the MIR and increase the survival of patients with NHL.

National Breast Cancer Mortality and Incidence Rates According to the Human Development Index: An Ecological Study

Background: This study aimed to identify the role of human development index (HDI) in the incidence and mortality rates of breast cancer (BC) worldwide. Methods: Data on the age-standardized incidence and mortality rates of BC for 184 countries were obtained from the GLOBOCAN. Data about the HDI and other indices were obtained from the World Bank Report 2013. Linear regression model was used for assessment the effect of HDI on BC occurrence rates. Results: In 2012, BCs were estimated to have affected a total of 1,671,149 individuals (crude rate: 47.8 per 100,000 individuals), and caused 521,907 deaths worldwide (crude rate: 14.7 per 100,000 individuals). Nearly half of total female BC cases (46.3%) with the highest risk of incidence (age-standardized Rate (ASR): 128 per 100,000) had occurred in very high HDI regions. The most proportion of the mortality burden was in low HDI and medium HDI areas. Linear regression analyses showed a direct significant correlation between the incidence of BC and HDI at the global level (B = 104.5, P < 0.001). The mortality rate of BC was not significantly associated with HDI (B = 3.26, P = 0.160). Conclusion: Our study showed that the burden of female BC is enormous in very high HDI and low HID regions. Targeted interventions have the ability to reduce this number significantly through resource-dependent interventions. Moreover, further reductions in mortality could be brought about by increasing access to curative treatment for patients with BC.

Linear Mixed Model Analysis of Worldwide Longitudinal Infant Mortality Rate Data and Association with Human Development Index

A linear mixed model is used to determine the explaining infant mortality rate data of United Nations countries. The HDI （human development index） has a significant negative linear relationship with infant mortality rate. United Nations data shows that the infant mortality rate has a descending trend over the period 1990-2010. This study aims to assess the value of the HDI as a predictor of infant mortality rate. Findings in the paper suggest that significant percentage reductions in infant mortality might be possible for countries for controlling the HDI.

A Study of Resource Curse Effect of Chinese Provinces Based on Human Developing Index

Traditional opinion considers that natural resources play an important positive role in economic development, while resource curse theory holds that natural resources usually obstruct economic increase. This debate needs further exploration. In most of empirical studies on resource curse theory, the economic development of an area is mainly evaluated by the Gross Domestic Product(GDP), however, the social and cultural contents of economic development are seldom considered. Thus, the Human Developing Index(HDI) was chosen to describe the comprehensive developing situation of an area in our study. Based on the panel data from the year of 2000 to 2011, the relationship between Human Developing Index and resource exploitation degree(RED) of 30 provinces in China(Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao were not included because of the restriction of data acquisition) was investigated by correlation coefficient analysis and regression analysis. We found that resource curse did exist over the entire country and its effect on 30 provinces were not exactly the same. According to the effects of resource curse, these provinces could be classified into four types: no resource curse provinces, slight resource curse provinces, severe resource curse provinces, and extreme resource curse provinces. Testing from two short time periods 2000–2005, and 2006–2011, the resource curse effect was not prominent. However, testing from the entire period of 2000–2011, the effect was obvious among each province.

Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation of Training Effect on Human Resource Development

On the basis of the essential connotation of the training effect on human resource development and the basic principles of setting up a index system, the evaluation index system of the training effect on human resource development in enterprises has been established. It evaluates the training effect on human resource development with the method of fuzzy comprehensive evaluation and achieves better results. It also provides a scientific, practical and quantitative method for the systematic analysis and comprehensive evaluation of the training effect on human resource development.

An Analytic Study on Internal Linkages Between Human Development and Globalization

Globalization is often understood as increasing global economic integration, global forms of governance, and globally inter-linked social and environmental developments. The target of this paper~ is to demonstrate the connection among human development, globalization, and institutional quality. The second part provides the methodology of measuring the overall globalization with an emphasis on the 2011 Konjunkturforschungsstelle （KOF） Globalization Index. The KOF Globalization Index includes economic, social, and political contexts. The third part shortly introduces one of the parameters of institutional quality--Human Development Index （HDI） （or rather Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index （IHDI） as the real indicator of the level of human development） and its methodology and results. For the analysis, two out of three dimensions of IHDI were used （long and healthy life and access to education） and two dimensions of Globalization Index were employed （social and political globalization）. The third part compares indices and scores together, analyzes them, and assesses the relationships between the HDI and the Globalization Index. It is possible to conclude from the results achieved in the study that the social globalization has stronger linkages with human development than with the political globalization, yet, spurring growth rates and reduced poverty in countries with poor institutions cannot be achieved simply by globalizing their economies.

中国“一带一路”倡议的包容性开放效应——基于“一带一路”沿线国家HDI指数的经验分析

与以往发达国家主导和推动的经济全球化不同,中国“一带一路”倡议由于秉持着人类命运共同体先进理念,不仅为更多发展中国家融入全球价值链分工提供了更多机会,而且力图改善其分工地位,从而推动经济全球化朝着更加具有包容性开放的方向发展,让开放发展的成果能够更多地惠及世界各国尤其是其他发展中国家。在理论分析基础上,以人类发展指数(HDI)作为包容性开放效应的表征变量,基于2010—2019年ADBMRIO数据库中60个国家的经验数据,采用双重差分模型进行实证分析及稳健性检验,分析“一带一路”倡议的包容性开放效应。结果表明,“一带一路”倡议显著促进了沿线国家HDI提升,表现出较好的包容性开放特征,并且上述效应主要通过提升沿线国家全球价值链参与度和改善分工地位2个作用机制产生,理论假说得到了较好的逻辑一致性计量检验结果。据此可见,秉持人类命运共同体先进理念的“一带一路”倡议,不仅有着坚实的理论基础,而且实践经验证明中国已经走在推动包容性开放道路上,包容性开放效应在“一带一路”沿线国家初步显现。

中国省级城乡发展差距统计测度与演进——基于HDI的研究视角

不断缩小城乡发展差距,推进城乡融合发展,是中国实现共同富裕的必然选择。基于人类发展指数(HDI)分别编制2000—2020年中国各地区的城乡HDI,以此测度城乡发展差距,并从区域差异、收敛性、结构分解等方面对测度结果及其变动特征进行分析。研究发现:中国各地区的城乡差距均在逐步改善,城乡发展差距较大的省份主要集中在西部地区;各地区城乡发展差距指数随着时间变化呈现出明显的收敛特征,且差距越大的地区其差距缩小速度相对越快,存在一定的追赶效应;2010年以来,城乡教育差距是导致中国城乡发展差距最为重要的因素,城乡收入差距则是改善中国城乡发展差距最为重要的驱动因素。未来要更加重视加快缩小各地区的城乡教育差距,持续缩小城乡收入差距。

Sustainable Urban Development Evaluation of Shanghai:An Ecological Wellbeing Performance Perspective

Against the backdrop of aggravating resource and environment restriction,it is an inevitable choice to adopt the sustainable development pattern to maximize social well-being within the ecological threshold.From the perspective of ecological well-being performance,ecological footprint per capita and human development index were selected to construct the evaluation index system for sustainable urban development,and DEA applied to calculate the input-output efficiency,so as to analyze the sustainable development level of Shanghai from 1999 to 2012.The results showed that①human development index,ecological footprint per capita of Shanghai grew in step with economic development,but ecological footprint per capita level exceeded the ecological carrying capacity,thus the overall ecological conditions remained in the state of worsening "deficit";②ecological well-being performance of Shanghai in most years remained in the DEA ineffective state,and the scale return had decreased gradually since 2005.In addition,the paper gave pertinent suggestions.

Mining Contribution to Municipalities Development

Mining activity in Brazil has significantly contributed to the country development.However,this contribution is not always fully noticed by society.This study aims to bring more evidence to this mining activity contribution,based on highly regarded development indicators,such as the HDI(Human Development Index),created by the UNDP(United Nations Development Programme).The HD1 was traditionally designed as an instrument to evaluate the degree of countries development and was subsequently deployed to states and municipalities(IDHM(Municipal Human Development Index)for Brazilian municipalities).In addition to lDHM released by the UNDP,FIRJAN(Federation of the Industries of the State of Rio de Janeiro)developed its own IFDM(FIR JAN Municipal Development Index).The statistical analysis shows that the average of the municipalities with mining activities has superior development indices than those with non-mining activities,especially in the two major mining states:Minas Gerais and Parfi.

Training and Rural Development in Some Countries of the European Union

The aim of this research was to value, using a multiple regression model, the role of knowledge to guarantee the development in rural areas of European Union countries over 10 years. The main question was to find out relationships among some variable, as the percentage of national Gross Domestic Product （GDP） used to improve the high training, and rural development in terms of agricultural labour units. The results underlined in 2001 as an high value of rural development, in terms of working force in agriculture, was identified in some countries of European Union characterised by a low value both in high training investments and also by a low value of Human Development Index, according to the definition of The Economist. The results in 2010 pointed out an inverse correlation among the dependent variable development in rural areas and the independent variables per capita GDP and national expenditure in advanced training, in percentage of national GDP. The learning by doing and by using, the introduction of advanced training in agriculture, using Long Life Learning measures of European Union, are important to improve the development of European rural areas but, sometimes, these actions are not perceived as something of useful.

基于HDI的政治文明指标的理论构建和实证检验

联合国开发计划署提出的"人类发展指数"仅用三个指标难以完整地表现人类发展的全部内涵,尤其无法体现治理和制度层面所代表的政治文明的程度,而政治文明对于实现人的自由发展无疑兼具目的性价值和工具性价值。本文引入政治稳定、政治参与、法治程度和执政能力四个维度,来刻画政治文明的影响。实证研究发现,中国的政治文明程度虽然在不断进步,但整体上还有很大的提升空间。在未来,通过提升政治文明促进人类发展的潜力十分巨大。

HDI是测度人类发展程度的可靠指数吗？

联合国开发计划署(UNDP)提出的人类发展指数(HDI)是否能够准确地测度人类发展的程度?本文从基础数据问题、权重分配问题、计算方法问题以及可持续发展问题等4个主要方面对近期学者关于HDI的批评文献进行了归纳分析和评论。结论是HDI在衡量人类发展最基本的3个维度起到了至关重要的作用,但在上述4个方面都存在一定缺陷,亟需进行修正和扩展。

中国地区HDI指数差异持续下降及影响因素(1982-2015)

文本计算了1982-2015年期间中国各省人类发展水平数据,分析1982年以来我国人类发展水平地区差距的变动情况,并采用方差分解法,对人类发展水平地区差距以及地区差距变动进行了分解。研究表明,改革开放以来,中国各省区的人类发展水平显著提高,且人类发展水平的地区总差异明显缩小。收入差异是地区差距的主要决定因素,但近年来,教育差异和健康差异对总差异的贡献显著增加。收入差异的减小是人类发展水平地区差异迅速减小的主要原因,进一步缩小地区间发展差距,需要同时推动教育协调发展和健康协调发展,形成协调发展的合力。

生态人类发展指数的原理、构建和应用——基于HDI2010新方法的中国区域间人类发展差距测算

生态文明是影响人类发展的一个重要维度,必须将生态文明嵌入人类发展指数(HDI),以加强其解释力和说服力。基于UNDP2010年发布的人类发展指数的新方法,构建"生态人类发展指数",可以更为准确地分析地区间的人类发展不平衡。通过对"混合人类发展指数"和"生态人类发展指数"的计算可知,中国区域间人类发展差距明显,且生态文明程度往往和经济发展程度呈现正相关关系。聚类分析的结果则表明,在考虑生态文明维度后,中国省区间人类发展水平的分类发生了明显的变化。应提高人类发展水平较高地区经济发展与健康、教育、生态等方面发展的同步性,全方位地提升人类发展水平较低地区在各个维度的发展。

“人类发展指数”(HDI):含义、方法及改进

在林林总总的经济社会发展指标体系中,联合国的“人类发展指数”独树一帜,影响极其广泛。“人类发展指数”反映了发展观和发展尺度的进步。但是10多年来计算“人类发展指数”的方法的变化,容易使人迷惑。本文探析了“人类发展指数”计算方法的重要改进,以及对解读不同年份公布指数的影响。

中国HDI发展水平及其国际比较

在中国改革开放过程中,经济社会发生了巨大变化,全体国民的生活水平也有了显著提高。本文以人类发展指数(HDI)为指标对改革开放三十年来的中国居民的总体生活水平进行了评价,并与世界平均水平以及发展中国家的数据进行了比较分析。结果表明中国的HDI,尤其是GDP指数、教育指数、出生时的预期寿命指数等指标都有了显著提高。但从长远来看,大力发展经济,加强教育投资以及完善社会保障制度,仍然是中国提高HDI需要着力解决的问题。