The politicians put maximum resources on some visible projects like high rise buildings, monuments, some special infrastructure related projects in selected areas to be presented as showcase for propaganda to attract the voters. This gimmick may work to befool the uneducated masses, though useful for few, but in reality it hardly has any significant effect on the quality of life and even-handed development for majority poor population. Creating few islands of prosperity in the sea of underdevelop masses is nothing but self deception and wastage or resources. Hence it is need:
"To shift the focus of development economics from national income accounting to people-centered policies"
Once focus is shifted to "Human Development" the other parameters would be inbuilt. After elections held on 11 May 2013, different political parties forming provincial governments in the provinces of Pakistan. Instead of gimmick projects in selected areas at the cost of ignoring development in the majority areas, it would be appropriate for the provincial governments to compete in the Human Development of masses through a measurable scale for each district i.e. HDI. The present data of HDI may be determined through survey by independent agency, to be repeated annually till completion of 5 years term. The results could be used for performance, development to reject or re-elect.
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income indices to rank countries into four tiers of human development. It was created by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq, followed by economist Amartya Sen in 1990, and published by the United Nations Development Programme.
World map by quartiles of Human Development Index in 2013.
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Devised and launched by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq in 1990 and had the explicit purpose "to shift the focus of development economics from national income accounting to people-centered policies".
It was Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s work on capabilities and functionings that provided the underlying conceptual framework. Haq was sure that a simple composite measure of human development was needed in order to convince the public, academics, and policy-makers that they can and should evaluate development not only by economic advances but also improvements in human well-being. Sen initially opposed this idea, but he went on to help Haq develop the Index. Sen was
worried that it was difficult to capture the full complexity of human capabilities in a single index but Haq persuaded him that only a single number would shift the attention of policy-makers from concentration on economic to human well-being.
The HDI combines three dimensions:
- A long and healthy life: Life expectancy at birth
- Education index: Mean years of schooling and Expected years of schooling
- A decent standard of living: GNI per capita (PPP US$)
Districts of Pakistan by Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic used to rank some area by level of "human development" and separate developed (high development),developing (middle development), and underdeveloped (low development) areas. The statistic is composed from data on life expectancy, education and per-capita GNI (as an indicator of standard of living) collected at the national level.
The map here shows districts of Pakistan in order of their Human Development Index (HDI) as of 2005, the latest year for which data is available. The HDI values are provided by the Research Report No.73 "Trends in Regional Human Development Indices" by Haroon Jamal and Amir Jahan Khan.
All provinces and the vast majority of the districts have a medium HDI value (0.500-0.799). The districts of Karachi and Jhelum are approaching a high HDI value (>0.800) whilst Awaran, Sibi, Hangu and Battagram are about to make the transition from low to medium human development. Data was not available for Islamabad, Dera Bugti and Kohlu. All data has been narrowed down to 3 Decimal Places.
This data is published by a third-party organisation and is not officially endorsed by the United Nations. Thus, it is incompatible with data published by the United Nations due to variations in the calculations and formulas used by both parties.
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Low human development
| District | HDI (2005 data) | Province |
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| Awaran | 0.499 | Balochistan |
| Sibi | 0.498 | Balochistan |
| Hangu | 0.494 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Battagram | 0.490 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Kohistan | 0.471 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Qilla Abdullah | 0.467 | Balochistan |
| Bolan | 0.457 | Balochistan |
| Gwadar | 0.450 | Balochistan |
| Jhal Magsi | 0.435 | Balochistan |
| Musa Khel | 0.422 | Balochistan |
| Tharparkar | 0.314 | Sindh |
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