HDI (Human Development Index) as an indicator of the well-being of a country, was initiated by:

HDI (Human Development Index) as an indicator of the well-being of a country, was initiated by:

  • (A) Amartya Sen
  • (B) Dr. Mahbub-ul-Haq
  • (C) Javier Perez de Cuellar
  • (D) Adam Smith
The Human Development Index (HDI) was developed in 1990 by a Pakistani economist named Dr. Mahbub-ul-Haq. In his capacity as a special advisor for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Dr. Haq directed a team of economists to develop an index that shifts development thinking and practice away from economic indicators such as GDP and towards people-centric indicators of health and education.
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