Measurement of social development: An international comparison

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-46

  Ray, Amal Kanti ^a  

^a Reserve Bank of India ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Composite index of development; HDI; PQLI; Social development index (SDI); Social indicators

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL INDICATOR;

EID: 36749013703     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9097-3     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Biswas, B., & Caliendo, F. (2001-2002). A multivariate analysis of the human development index. The Indian Economic Journal, 49(4), 96-100.
2. Chakravarty, S. (1976). Social and demographic statistics: Framework for the integration of social and demographic statistics in developing countries, United Nations Economic and Social Council, E/CN3/490, 2 April.
3. Divatia, V. V., & Bhatt, V. V. (1969). On measuring the pace of development. Banca Nazionale Del Lavore, No. 89, Rome.
4. Drewnowski, J., & Scott, W. (1966). The level of living index, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Report No. 4, Geneva.
5. Ganguli, B. N., & Gupta, D. B. (1976). Levels of living. New Delhi: S Chand & Co.
6. Hellwig, Z. (1972). On the problem of weighting in international comparisons. In Z. Gostkowski (Ed.) Toward a system of human resources' indicators for less developed countries. A selection of papers prepared for a UNESCO research project. Wrocraw, Ossolineum: The Polish Academy of Sciences Press.
7. McGranahan, D. V., Richard-Proust, C., Sovani, N. V., & Subramanian, A. M. (1970). Contents and measurements of Socio-Economic development, UNRISD, report No.70.10, Geneva (mimeo).
8. McGranahan, D. V., Richard-Proust, C., Sovani, N. V., & Subramanian A. M. (1972). Contents and measurements of socio-economic development. New York: Praeger for UNRISD.
9. Morris, D. M. (1979). Measuring the condition of the world's poor: The physical quality of life index. New York: Pergamon Press. (Published for the Overseas Development Council).
10. Mukherjee, M., & Ray A. K. (1977). A method of combining diverse partial measures of development. The Journal of Income & Wealth, 2(1),October.
11. Mukherjee, M., & Ray, A. K. (1978). A class of methods for combining diverse partial measures of development. The Journal of Income & Wealth, October.
12. Mukherjee, M, & Ray, A. K. (1980). Social statistics and social indicators: The Indian experience. In. K. Okhawa & K. Bernard (Eds.), Asian socio-economic development - The national accounting approach. Tokyo, Japan: Tokyo University Press.
13. Mukherjee, M., Ray, A. K., & Rajyalakhsmi, C. (1979). Physical quality of life index: Some international and Indian applications (Vol. 6, pp. 283-292). The Netherlands: Social Indicators Research.
14. Pal, M. N. (1971). Quantitative techniques for regional planning. Indian Journal of Regional Sciences, 3(1), 1-33.
15. Paul, S. (1996). A modified human development index and international comparison. Applied Economics Letters, 3, 677-682.
16. Ray, A. K. (1989). On the measurement of certain aspects of social development, Social Indicators Research (Vol. 21, pp. 35-92). The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
17. Sovani, N. V., & Subramanian, A. M. (1967) An index of Socio-Economic development of nations, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.
18. United Nations (1954). Report on international definition and measurement of standards and levels of living, E/CN3/179 and E/CN5/299.
19. United Nations (1961). International socio-economic definition and measurement of levels of living: An interim guide, E/CN3/270/Rev, and E/ CN5/353.
20. United Nations (1975). Towards a system of social and demographic statistics, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office, Series F, No. 18, New York.
21. United Nations Development Program (1990). Human development report. Oxford University Press.
22. World Bank (1978). world development report.