Investigating Iran's Performance in Improving Human Development Index

Subject Areas : Applied Economics

T. Torabi ¹ ( - )
S. Tarighi ² ( - )
M.R. Pakravan ³ ( - )
H. Soltaninejad ⁴ ( - )

Received: 2015-10-05 Accepted : 2015-10-05 Published : 2015-01-21

Keywords: human development index, Efficiency, MENA Region, Iran,

Abstract :

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators. Present study uses panel data for elaboration of Iran’s performance in improving human development index in MENA region. Our results show that Iran’s success rate to improve its position is 88% and through more efficient allocation of resources the HDI index may improve from 0.702 to 0.837