Guyana ranked as ‘developing country’ in latest Human Development Report
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Guyana has been ranked as a “developing country” in the latest Human Development Report (HDR) compiled by the United Nations.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Guyana has been ranked as a “developing country” in the latest Human Development Report (HDR) compiled by the United Nations.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country has been placed at 127 out of the 188 countries examined in the 2016 HDR that was compiled under the theme “Human Development for Everyone”.
Programme Specialist and Assistant Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Dr Patrick Chesney, will on Wednesday make a presentation of key findings of the HDR 2016 Finance Minister Winston Jordan.
The 2016 HDR outlines how human development can be ensured for everyone-now and in the future.
“It starts with an account of the achievements, challenges and hopes for human progress, envisioning where humanity wants to go. Its vision draws from and builds on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that the 193 member states of the United Nations endorsed last year and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that the world has committed to achieve,” the report noted.
“It explores who has been left out in the progress in human development and why. It argues that to ensure human development for everyone, a mere mapping of the nature and location of deprivations is not enough. Some aspects of the human development approach and assessment perspectives have to be brought to the fore.”
The document also identifies the national policies and key strategies that will enable every human being to achieve basic human development and to sustain and protect the gains.
The composite Human Development Index (HDI) integrates three basic dimensions of human development. Life expectancy at birth reflects the ability to lead a long and healthy life. Mean years of schooling and expected years of schooling reflect the ability to acquire knowledge. And gross national income per capita reflects the ability to achieve a decent standard of living.
To measure human development more comprehensively, the HDR also presents four other composite indices. The Inequality-adjusted HDI discounts the HDI according to the extent of inequality. The Gender Development Index compares female and male HDI values. The Gender Inequality Index highlights women’s empowerment, and the Multidimensional Poverty Index measures non-income dimensions of poverty.
