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HUMAN POVERTY INDEX FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (HPI-1). While the HDI measures average achievement, the HPI - 1 measures deprivations in the three basic dimensions of human development captured in the HDI: A long and healthy life Knowledge A decent standard of living.
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HUMAN POVERTY INDEX FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (HPI-1) • While the HDImeasures average achievement, the HPI-1 measures deprivations in the three basic dimensions of human development captured in the HDI: • A long and healthy life • Knowledge • A decent standard of living
CALCULATING THE HPI-1 A long and healthylife A decent standard of living DIMENSION Knowledge Children under weigth for age* Population without sustainable access to an improved water source* Probabilityat birthof not surviving to age40* Adult literacy rate* INDICATOR Unweighted average Human poverty index for developing countries (HPI-1) * The indicators used are already normalized betwen 0 and 100 (because they are expressed as percentages).
Unweighted average formula EXAMPLE 1: IPH-1 IN PERU 1. Measuring deprivationin adecentstandardof living ( ) ( ) + 1 2 Population without sustainable access to animproved water source 1 2 Children under weight for age ( ) ( ) Replacement in general formula + 1 2 1 2 = 13,5 20 7
1 ] [ ) ( 1 3 + + HPI-1 formula EXAMPLE 1: IPH-1 IN PERU 2. Calculating the IPH-1 α 1 α ] [ ) ( α α 1 3 Living standard Survival + + Literacy Replacement in HPI-1 formula Probability at birth of not surviving to age 40 Unweighted average of population without sustainable access to an improved water source and children under weight for age Adult literacy rate = 12,86 10,2 15 13,5 3 3 3 3
