HUMAN POVERTY INDEX - A CRITIQUE

Authors
KRISHNAJI N
Citation
N. Krishnaji, HUMAN POVERTY INDEX - A CRITIQUE, Economic and political weekly, 32(35), 1997, pp. 2202-2205
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Political Science
Journal title
Economic and political weekly → ACNP
ISSN journal
00129976
Volume
32
Issue
35
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2202 - 2205
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-9976(1997)32:35<2202:HPI-AC>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
This note reviews the construction of the Human Poverty Index (HPI) pr esented in the Human Development Report 1997. Like all such indices, t he HPI summarises information but, it is argued here, as a summary mea sure it has no obvious merit, expecially in relation to simpler, more easily understood indices such as the simple mean. Do we need an index at all? The answer is no.