THE COVID-19 Pandemic and the Questioning of the Principle of the Human Development Index: An Overview

Abstract

The Covid19 epidemic has wreaked havoc and affected nearly all economic and social activities across the world, in addition to its destructive and fatal impacts. As a result, estimates for global economic growth have been lowered downward. Furthermore, the pandemic scenario has pushed scientific study in new areas in order to discover answers to the new problems that have arisen as a result of the virus. We have questioned the idea of calculating the human development index (HDI) in this context while providing new assessment criteria judged useful and compatible with pandemic conditions to evaluate sub-dimensional development indicators pertaining to health, education, and income. As a result, we have shown that the environmental dimension is necessary for measuring the progression of the HDI, allowing us to offer a novel HDI calculation formula.

Presenters

Shonal Rath
Student, Research, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Haryana, India

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Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

2022 Special Focus—What to Make of Crises: Emerging Methods, Principles, Actions

KEYWORDS

The HDI Human Development Index, Pandemic Scenario, Environmental Dimension, Development

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