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development index

development index

[də′vel·əp·mənt ‚in‚deks]
(meteorology)
An index used as an aid in forecasting cyclogenesis; the development index I is defined most frequently as the difference in divergence between two well-separated, tropospheric, constant-pressure surfaces. Also known as relative divergence.
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ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister's Youth Affairs Program would launch a National Youth Development Index by conducting a comprehensive survey of issues being faced by the youth across the country.
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Iran, the highest country in the Human Development Index According to the UN Human Development Report, between 1979, the first year of the Islamic Republic till 2016, this average has been the first to increase the index of human development.
Mr Matambo further explained that one measure for the country's social development was the Human Development Index developed by the United Nations, which was a summary measure of the long-term progress in three basic dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, access to knowledge and a decent standard of living.
Egypt also ranks the 97th in the Sustainable Development Index measuring 156 states, the minister said at a ceremony marking the 23rd anniversary of the National Environmental Day organized by the Arab Office for Youths and Environment.
THE real development transforms people's life not just reflect the economic statistics meant to impress the public that Government has undertaken various development projects to improve the living standards, but it would make no sense if human development index paints a dismal picture since countries like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are seen well ahead of US in HDI rankings calling for gigantic steps on a war-footing basis to improve our HDI, Economic and Social Development Indicators.
However, when a woman is empowered financially, measurement of success of the society go up in terms of human development index (HDI), she added.
The sultanate has achieved high levels in the Human Development Index for 2018, issued by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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