The Human Development Index (HDI) was developed by a

select team of leading scholars, development practitioners and members of the Human Development report Office (HDR) of the UNDP (United Nations Development Programs). The first such team that developed the HDI was led by:

A Mahbub ul Haq and Ange Kaul Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

B Paul Streeten & Frances Stewart Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

C Frances Stewart & Gustav Ranis Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

D Keith Griffin & Sudhir Anand Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

E Sudhir Anand & Meghnad Desai Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

Solution

The origins of the HDI are found in the annual Human Development Reports produced by the Human Development Reports Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). These were devised and launched by a team led by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Ange Kaul in 1990, and had the explicit purpose "to shift the focus of development economics from national income accounting to people-centred policies. To produce the Human Development Reports, Mahbub ul Haq formed a group of development economists including Paul Streeten, Frances Stewart, Gustav Ranis, Keith Griffin, Sudhir Anand, and Meghnad Desai.

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