The human development index: some technical issues and alternative indices

development and the human poverty index (gender-related indices)

most women need fundamental support to function in their humane life. in terms of gender, in iran there are regional differentiations with regards to accessing benefits of development. the purpose of this paper is to describe the human development and development index in different regions and to study the relationship/ regression between levels of development and human poverty index on the bas...

The relationship between important reproductive health indices and human development index in Iran

Background: Reviewing the reproductive health indicators (RHIs) provides the possibility of periodic health system performance evaluation to achieve balanced development. This study aimed to determine the trend of ten reproductive health indicators changes during 2002-2011, and examining their relationship with the Human Development Index (HDI). Methods: In this ecological study the trend of t...

Some legal and technical issues related to water-spreading weirs

Indigenous flood harvesting method for irrigation in Khorasan, which are called water-spreading weir are constructed and operated by farmers without any cost to the government. Although, the benefits of water-spreading weirs are clear for many experts and the authorities as well, this method receives a little attention by governmental soil and water conservation services. This problem and a few...

The relationship between health expenditures and human development index

Growth in gross domestic product does not necessarily mean growth in human development; experience in global level demonstrated that income growth and human development are not always companions and in some countries, an increase in one of them was took place with a decrease in the other. On the other hand, a study has found that as government health expenditures grow the efficiency of such ex...

Human Resource Development: Some Theoretical Issues