Human Development and the Path to Freedom 1870 to the Present 1st editon by Leandro Prados de la Escosura 1108848028 9781108848022

Part I An Aggregate View

1 Augmented Human Development: What Is It? How to Measure It?

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Human Development: From Concept to Measure

1.2.1 Longevity and Education

1.2.2 Income

1.2.3 Freedom

1.2.4 A Composite Index

1.3 An Augmented Human Development Index

1.4 A Comparison with Alternative Specifications of the Index

1.5 Conclusions

2 Trends in Human Development

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Trends in Human Development

2.3 Drivers of Human Development

2.4 Ultimate Determinants of Human Development

2.5 Conclusions

3 World Distribution of Human Development

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Debating Well-Being Inequality

3.3 Trends in Human Development Inequality

3.3.1 Trends in Inequality 1 and 2

3.3.2 The Role of Large Countries

3.3.3 Relative and Absolute Inequality

3.4 The Distribution of Human Development Gains

3.5 Well-Being Levels and Distribution

3.6 Concluding Remarks

Part II The OECD and the Rest

4 Human Development in the OECD and the Rest

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Trends in Human Development in the OECD and the Rest

4.3 Drivers of Human Development in the OECD and the Rest

4.4 The OECD and the Rest in World AHD Distribution

4.5 AHD Drivers in World Regions

4.6 AHD Catching Up to the OECD in Regions of the Rest

4.7 Conclusions

5 Human Development in Latin America

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Well-Being in Latin America: A Review of the Literature

5.3 Human Development Trends

5.4 AHD Drivers

5.5 Catching Up to the OECD?

5.6 A Closer Look at Performance by Country

5.7 Conclusions

6 Human Development in Africa

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Long-Run Trends in Human Development

6.3 Human Development and GDP per Head

6.4 What Drives AHD?

6.5 Africa’s AHD Catching Up to the OECD

6.6 A Closer Look: Human Development in Post-1950s Africa

6.7 Concluding Remarks

Postscript

Appendix A The Augmented Human Development Index: Sources and Procedures

Life Expectancy at Birth

North Africa

Americas

Asia

Oceania

Europe

Average Years of Education

Africa

Americas

Asia

Index of Liberal Democracy

Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe

Per Capita GDP

Africa

Americas

Asia

Oceania

Europe

Population

Appendix B Alternative Indices of Augmented Human Development and Their Drivers

Appendix C International Inequality

Appendix D Augmented Human Development Index in World Regions

Appendix E Latin America

Notes

References

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