The 21st Century climate challenge

TECHNICAL NOTE 1Calculating the human development indicesThe diagrams here summarize how the five human development indices used in the Human Development Report are constructed,highlighting both their similarities and their differences. The text on the following pages provides a detailed explanation.HDIDIMENSIONA long andhealthy lifeKnowledgeA decent standardof livingINDICATORLife expectancyat birthAdult literacy rateAdult literacy indexGross enrolment ratio(GER)GER indexGDP per capita(PPP US$)DIMENSIONINDEXLife expectancy indexEducation indexGDP indexHuman development index (HDI)HPI-1DIMENSIONINDICATORA long andhealthy lifeProbability at birthof not survivingto age 40KnowledgeAdult illiteracy rateA decent standard of livingPercentage of populationnot using an improvedwater sourcePercentage of childrenunder weight-for-ageDeprivation ina decent standard of livingHuman poverty indexfor developing countries (HPI-1)HPI-2DIMENSIONINDICATORA long andhealthy lifeProbability at birthof not survivingto age 60KnowledgePercentage of adultslacking functionalliteracy skillsA decent standardof livingPercentage of peopleliving below thepoverty lineSocialexclusionLong-termunemployment rateHuman poverty indexfor selected OECD countries (HPI-2)GDIDIMENSIONINDICATORA long andhealthy lifeFemale lifeexpectancyat birthMale lifeexpectancyat birthFemaleadult literacyrateKnowledgeFemaleGERMaleadult literacyrateMaleGERA decent standardof livingFemaleestimatedearnedincomeMaleestimatedearnedincomeDIMENSIONINDEXFemalelife expectancyindexMalelife expectancyindexFemaleeducationindexMaleeducationindexFemaleincomeindexMaleincomeindexEQUALLYDISTRIBUTEDINDEXEqually distributedlife expectancyindexEqually distributededucation indexEqually distributedincome indexGender-related development index (GDI)GEMDIMENSIONPolitical participationand decision-makingEconomic participationand decision-makingPower overeconomic resourcesINDICATORFemale and male sharesof parliamentary seatsFemale and male sharesof positions as legislators,senior officials and managersFemale and male sharesof professional andtechnical positionsFemale and maleestimated earnedincomeEQUALLYDISTRIBUTEDEQUIVALENTPERCENTAGE(EDEP)EDEP forparliamentaryrepresentationEDEP foreconomic participationEDEP forincomeGender empowerment measure (GEM)HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007/2008 355