Search Results - "Human Development Index"

Setting weights for aggregate indices: An application to the commitment to development index and human development index by Chowdhury, Shyamal, Squire, Lyn

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The proportion of anemia associated with iron deficiency in low, medium, and high human development index countries: A systematic analysis of national surveys by Petry, Nicolai, Olofin, Ibironke, Hurrell, Richard F., Boy, Erick, Wirth, James P., Moursi, Mourad, Angel, Moira Donahue, Rohner, Fabian

“…In countries ranked as low, medium, and high by the Human Development Index, we conducted a systematic review of nationally representative surveys that reported the prevalence of iron deficiency, iron deficiency anemia, and anemia among pre-school children and non-pregnant women of reproductive age. …”
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Contribution of Livestock NAMAs to NDCs in Latin American Countries by Rico, Javier

“…The applied methodology, in the study, was the formulation of possible implementation scenarios for livestock NAMAs based on information provided by the World Governance Index (WGI), the Doing Business Index (DBI), and the Human Development Index (HDI). This article focuses on the scenarios derived from the consolidated and weighted indexes; it also analyses the opportunities for success that each country currently offers, and provides conclusions that contribute to the design, implementation and monitoring of livestock NAMAs in countries that currently have it duly registered. …”
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Review of the shock responsive safety net for human capital project – Somalia by Bliznashka, Lilia, Nwabuikwu, Odiche, Diatta, Ampa Dogui, Ray, Soumyajit, Iruhiriye, Elyse, Gelli, Aulo

“…Somalia is one of the world’s poorest countries, ranking last among 193 countries and territories on the 2023–24 Human Development Index. In 2022, 54% of the Somali population, or 15.5 million people, lived below the poverty line. …”
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Intersecting Pathways: Biodiversity Loss, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Socioeconomic Vulnerabilities in Peru’s High Carbon Stock Regions by Pradel, W., Juarez, H., Gutierrez, D., Casallas, I., Sosa, C.

“…Despite limited global associations, the study identifies critical hotspots, particularly in San Martín, Ucayali, and Huánuco, where poverty, deforestation, and low human development index (HDI) intersect. These findings highlight the urgent need for integrated strategies to mitigate deforestation, promote socioeconomic development, and achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). …”
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Impact of an added milk intervention to a micronutrient fortified school feeding program on child diet, cognition, learning, nutritional status, school attendance, and health: Stat... by Bliznashka, Lilia, Gelli, Aulo

“…Even before the onset of the current civil war, Yemen was one of the poorest countries in the world ranking 183 out of 191 countries and territories on the UN Human Development Index. The World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that currently 17 million Yemeni (half the population) are food insecure and 2.2 million preschool children are acutely malnourished (World Food Programme, 2023a). …”
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Is global human well-being peaking? by Grafton, R. Q., Chu, L., Kompas, T., Fanaian, Safa

“…We estimated a positive time-series association between real per capita income and broader composite (e.g. Human Development Index) well-being indicators, but this association diminishes in the level of real per capita income. …”
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How do floods and drought impact economic growth and human development at the sub-national level in India? by Amarasinghe, Upali, Amarnath, Giriraj, Alahacoon, Niranga, Ghosh, Surajit

“…A fixed-effect panel regression analyses of 19 states from 2001 to 2015 assess the impacts of exposure to floods and droughts on the growth of gross state domestic product (GSDP) and human development index (HDI) in India. The flood and drought exposure are estimated using satellite data. …”
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Capacity challenges in water quality monitoring: understanding the role of human development by Kirschke, S., Avellan, T., Barlund, I., Bogardi, J.J., Carvalho, L., Chapman, D., Dickens, Chris W. S., Irvine, K., Lee, S., Mehner, T., Warner, S.

“…The analysis is based on the latest data on the human development index and an international online survey amongst experts from science and practice. …”
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Development and validation of a food safety system performance tool for African countries by Alonso, Silvia, Oliveira, A.R.S., Mader, R., Iulietto, M.F., Dohoo, I., Thinh Nguyen, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Grace, Delia

“…As a form of validation, we explored the correlation between the ranking generated by the FSSPT, the African Food Safety Index (AFSI) and Human Development Index (HDI) for African countries. Results Cronbach’s alpha was high for the overall scale (0.73). …”
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Tropical forest-transition landscapes: a portfolio for studying people, tree crops and agro-ecological change in context by Dewi, Sonya, Noordwijk, Meine van, Zulkarnain, Muhammad Thoha, Dwiputra, Adrian, Hyman, Glenn G., Prabhu, Ravi, Gitz, Vincent, Nasi, Robert

“…We evaluated three portfolios of tropical landscape observatories and quantified extrapolation domains across ecological zones, stages of forest transition, human development index (HDI), population density and potential prominence of four dominant tropical tree crops (arabica coffee, cacao, rubber and oil palm). …”
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Assessing the performance of natural resource systems by Campbell, Bruce M., Sayer, Jeffrey A., Frost, P., Vermeulen, Sonja J., Ruíz Pérez, M., Cunningham, A.B., Prabhu, Ravi

“…The article explores five possible approaches: (1) simple additive index, as used for the Human Development Index; (2) derived variables (e.g., principal components) as the indices of performance; (3) two-dimensional plots of indicators and cases emerging from multivariate techniques used to visualize change; (4) graphical representation of the five capital assets using radar diagrams; and (5) canonical correlation analysis to explore indicators at two different scales.…”
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Determination of eligible lands for A/R CDM project activities and of priority Districts for project development support in Indonesia by Murdiyarso, Daniel, Puntodewo, A., Widayati, A., Noordwijk, Meine van

“…Priorities for assistance in the development of A/R CDM project activities may use criteria based on (i) the Human Development Index (HDI), which is focused on districts with below-average HDI; (ii) population density, which is in the range where the land/labour ratio is conducive to profi table tree-based farming systems; and (iii) Fire Risk Index (FRI). …”
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The importance of buffalo milk in the curd manufacture of Sri Lanka by Hallqvist, Jennifer

“…It is a country with multiple cultures, ethnicities and languages, and it is rated as “high” on the Human Development Index (HDI). The total population is 20.9 million, of which 28% are employed in the agricultural primary production. …”
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Climate Smart Governance Dashboard: technical guide by Alahacoon, Niranga, Amarnath, Giriraj

“…It incorporates vital indicators like Human Development Index, electricity access, internet usage, and adaptive capacity. …”
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Pagos por servicios ambientales en el municipio de San Pedro del Norte, Nicaragua y su contribución a la adaptación al cambio climático by Pérez, C. J.

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Supply & value chain analysis of onions in Ethiopia by Daniels, Hanna, Fors, Stefan

“…Ethiopia ranks 173rd on United Nations human development index where the least developed country ranks 186. …”