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Human Development Report 2009 India

India's HDI rose from 0.427 in 1980 to 0.612 in 2007, though all regions experienced periods of slower growth. India ranks 134th out of 182 countries on HDI. India's HPI-1 value of 28.0% ranks it 88th among 135 countries, focusing on deprivations in health, education, and standard of living. India's GDI of 0.594, which measures gender inequality, is 97.1% of its HDI, and 138 countries have a better ratio. Most international migrants move between developing countries, with Asia hosting 72.0% of Indian emigrants. India receives significant remittances, getting $35.3 billion in 2007, though it ranks only 106

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Human Development Report 2009 India

India's HDI rose from 0.427 in 1980 to 0.612 in 2007, though all regions experienced periods of slower growth. India ranks 134th out of 182 countries on HDI. India's HPI-1 value of 28.0% ranks it 88th among 135 countries, focusing on deprivations in health, education, and standard of living. India's GDI of 0.594, which measures gender inequality, is 97.1% of its HDI, and 138 countries have a better ratio. Most international migrants move between developing countries, with Asia hosting 72.0% of Indian emigrants. India receives significant remittances, getting $35.3 billion in 2007, though it ranks only 106

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I found that between 1980 and 2007 India's HDI rose by 1.33% annually from 0.427 to 0.612
today. HDI scores in all regions have increased progressively over the years although all have
experienced periods of slower growth or even reversals.

This year's HDI, which refers to 2007, highlights the very large gaps in well-being and life
chances that continue to divide our increasingly interconnected world. The HDI for India is
0.612, which gives the country a rank of 134th out of 182 countries with data below.

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The Human Poverty Index (HPI-1), focuses on the proportion of people below certain threshold
levels in each of the dimensions of the human development index - living a long and healthy life,
having access to education, and a decent standard of living. By looking beyond income
deprivation, the HPI-1 represents a multi-dimensional alternative to the $1.25 a day (PPP US$)
poverty measure.

The HPI-1 value of 28.0% for India, ranks 88th among 135 countries for which the index has
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The gender-related development index (GDI), introduced in Human Development Report 1995,
measures achievements in the same dimensions using the same indicators as the HDI but
captures inequalities in achievement between women and men. It is simply the HDI adjusted
downward for gender inequality. The greater the gender disparity in basic human development,
the lower is a country's GDI relative to its HDI.

India's GDI value, 0.594 should be compared to its HDI value of 0.612. Its GDI value is 97.1%
of its HDI value. Out of the 155 countries with both HDI and GDI values, 138 countries have a
better ratio than India's.

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Most of the world¶s 195 million international migrants have moved from one developing country
to another or between developed countries.

India has an emigration rate of 0.8%. The major continent of destination for migrants from India
is Asia with 72.0% of emigrants living there.(169th)

The United States is host to nearly 40 million international migrants ± more than any other
country though as a share of total population it is Qatar which has the most migrants ± more than
4 in every 5 people are migrants. In India, there are 5,886.9 thousand migrants(7th) & which
represent 0.5% of the total population.(158th)

 
Remittances, which are usually sent to immediate family members who have stayed behind, are
among the most direct benefits from migration; their benefits spread broadly into local
economies. They also serve as foreign exchange earnings for the origin countries of migrants.
However, remittances are unequally distributed. Of the total US$370 billion remitted in 2007,
more than half went to countries in the medium human development category against less than
one per cent to low human development countries. In 2007, US$35,262 million in remittances
were sent to India. Average remittances per person were US$30, compared with the average for
South Asia of US$33. 106 is the stand of India in per capita remittance.

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