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****Education Index = (Ln 773.38 - Ln 0.01) / (Ln 1209.85 - Ln 0.01) = .986
 
****Education Index = (Ln 773.38 - Ln 0.01) / (Ln 1209.85 - Ln 0.01) = .986
 
*****'''HDI = (.600 + .797 + .986) / 3 = .794'''
 
*****'''HDI = (.600 + .797 + .986) / 3 = .794'''
 
The closer to one, the better the nation's human development. The closer to zero, the worse.
 
  
 
==Sustainable Development Index==
 
==Sustainable Development Index==

Revision as of 07:45, 4 July 2006

This article is about the Human Development Index used in the region Forest. For the one published by Ceorana, see Ceorana Department of State Human Development Index.

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Background

Inspired by the UN Human Development Index and believing that NationStates have placed too much emphasis on economic matters as an indicator of progress, the region of Forest has developed it's own Human Development Index.

This is a comparative measure and is only indicative of the relative status of NationStates within the region. The principle could be applied to all Nationstates using an XML feed.

Methodology

The Forest index looks at 3 factors: alleviation of poverty; health; and education.

  • Alleviation of poverty - compares the gross domestic product per capita
  • Health - compares the amount of money spent on health per capita
  • Education - compares the amount of money spent of education per capita

For the calculation of the Human Devopment Index, Forest has relied upon NSEconomy for its data.

This is a much simpler methodology (and doesn't actually measure outcomes) when compared with the UN model which considers life expectancy, literacy and school enrolments. This information is not available in NationStates although some sort of model could be built to derive that information.

For each of the 3 categories the following formula is used:

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Note: If the lowest score by a nation is 0 (ie the nation is not spending any money on that category) use a very small number, not 0, so that a logarithm can be calculated.

This will give a score between 0 and 1. The category scores are added and the average calculated. This becomes the Human Development Index.

Social Equality Adjustment

Nations with a high social equality measure will have fewer extremes in health and education standards. In other words nations with a low social equality measure will spend a disproportionate amount of their income on the health and education on the wealthy. To account for this the Forest HDI calculates an Equality Rating for each nation.

Equality Rating = Expenditure on Social Equality / Gross Domestic Procuct

The values for Health and Education spending per capita are increased by the Equality Rating.

Example

  • Consider this example from 24 June 2006 for calculating the HDI for Carboni, one of the nations in Forest. Carboni has an Equality Rating of 7.95%.
    • GDP per capita: 2908.29
      • Highest GDP per capita in region: 31950.67 Consumer Engineering
      • Lowest GDP per capita in region: 79.41 Errinundera
        • GDP Index = (Ln 2908.29 - Ln 79.41) / (Ln 31950.67 - Ln 79.41) = .600
    • Health spending per capita (+7.95%): 299.37
      • Highest in region: 1515.27 Eungella
      • Lowest in region: 0.52 The TropicalForest
        • Health Index = (Ln 299.37 - Ln 0.52) / (Ln 1515.27 - Ln 0.52) = .797
    • Education spending per capita (+7.95%): 773.38
      • Highest in region: 1209.85 The Dawn Tiger
      • Lowest in region: 0.01 Light in NationStates
        • Education Index = (Ln 773.38 - Ln 0.01) / (Ln 1209.85 - Ln 0.01) = .986
          • HDI = (.600 + .797 + .986) / 3 = .794

Sustainable Development Index

Forest also has a Sustainable Development Index that includes spending on the environment and public transport.