Human development is the chief of objective of any development. It is because development is for human being. Economic development is only a means of human development. Hence human resource is the most important factor for the economic development of the country.
Human development indicators are directly related to the well being of the people. It is a concern not only for poor countries and poor people, but everywhere. In the high-income countries, indicators of short falls in human development should be looked for in homeless, drug addiction, crime, unemployment, urban squalor, environmental degradation, personal insecurity and social disintegration.. The indicators for the advanced countries are of course, different from those in poor countries. Human development goes beyond basic needs in that it is concerned with all human being not only basic needs. Human development applies to the advanced countries as much as to the middle income and low-income countries.
Human development covers all aspects of development whether economic growth or international trade, budget deficits or fiscal policy, saving or investment or technology, basic social services or safety nets for the poor. No aspect of the development model falls outside its scope, but the vantage point is the widening of people's choices and the enrichment of their lives. All aspects of life economic, political or cultural are viewed from that perspective. On some aspects of the human development indicators, there is fairly broad agreement.
i) Development must put people at the center of its concerns.
ii) The purpose of development is to enlarge all human choices, not just income.
iii) It is concerned both with building up human capabilities (through investment in people) and with using those human capabilities fully.
iv) It has four essential pillars: equity, sustainability, productivity and empowerment.
The human development indicators define the ends of development and analyses sensible options for achieving them.
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