Canada Improves On UN Human Development Index

[bush_cheney2004]

For those who care about such things, Canada is back in the Top Ten^® for the UN Human Development Index:

Canada placed No. 8 on the UN Human Development Index, a measure based on education, income, health and other measures of human well-being. It is among the group of nations considered to have a very good record on human development, with Norway at the top of the list.

That is better than last year, when Canada placed 11th, after making the top of the list in the 1990s.

Top 10 on the UN Human Development Index

1. Norway
2. Australia
3. Switzerland
4. Netherlands
5. United States
6. Germany
7. New Zealand
8. ​Canada
9. Singapore
10. Denmark

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/world-s-85-richest-own-more-than-3-5-billion-poorest-un-1.2717114

Welcome back Canada...it is good to see that the Harper government has things back on track once again !

What other improvements should Canada make to improve its "Human Development Index" ranking ? Or is this just another silly UN exercise to milk money out of "rich nations".

Edited July 25, 2014 by bush_cheney2004

[waldo]

it's good to read someone actually touting the United Nations on MLW for a change... good on ya!

as the waldo has highlighted in past iterations of MLW presented UN Human Development Index comparative country rankings, the true measure of human development rests with applied equality adjustments --- per the UN Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI)

The Inequality-adjusted HDI (IHDI), is a measure of the level of human development of people in a society that accounts for inequality. Under perfect equality the IHDI is equal to the HDI, but falls below the HDI when inequality rises. In this sense, the IHDI is the actual level of human development (taking into account inequality), while the HDI can be viewed as an index of the potential human development that could be achieved if there is no inequality. The IHDI accounts for inequality in HDI dimensions by "discounting" each dimension's average value according to its level of inequality

when accounting for inequality, Canada drops one rank... while the U.S. drops a whopping 23 spots in the comparative rankings. Perhaps instead of you posing the question as to "What other improvements should Canada make to improve its "Human Development Index" ranking?"... you should be asking what the U.S. should be doing to prevent such a significant loss to U.S. human development due to inequality - yes?

[bush_cheney2004]

Last year, Canada got hammered for lagging productivity...a longstanding issue:

The board says with the exception of inflation and employment growth, Canada ranks far below the highest-ranked countries on other economic indicators such as productivity and attracting global investment.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/14/canada-slips-out-of-uns-list-of-10-most-developed-countries/

[waldo]

I thought you were just touting the rise of Canada out of the year old position you've now reverted back to citing/referencing... will you also be reneging on your attaboy for Harper?

what... no comment on the IHDI?

[cybercoma]

Inequality is not the US government's problem. It's up to individual's with their God-given freedom to stop being lazy sacks of crap and pull themselves up by the bootstraps. All these US numbers do is show that people who want a better way of life can have it. It's statistical proof of the American Dream in action. Frankly, those who don't want a better life bad enough to go get it don't deserve it.

[Moonbox]

Inequality is not the US government's problem. It's up to individual's with their God-given freedom to stop being lazy sacks of crap and pull themselves up by the bootstraps. All these US numbers do is show that people who want a better way of life can have it. It's statistical proof of the American Dream in action. Frankly, those who don't want a better life bad enough to go get it don't deserve it.

I can't tell if you're serious or if that was really heavy sarcasm.