PPPs for policy making: a visual guide to using data from the ICP - Chapter 10: Human Development

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Gender Development Index

The Gender Development Index (GDI) measures gender gaps in human development. It does so by calculating a human development index score separately for men and women for each participating country. GNI per capita is estimated separately for both genders as part of this process and converted using the PPP at the GDP level for each country. The resulting GDI value is expressed as the female HDI score as a percentage of the male HDI score (figure 10.2)and informs efforts to design policy tools to close the gender gap.

Additionally, the Gender Inequality Index (GII) employs the maternal mortality ratio as an input which uses PPP-based GDP in its estimation.

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Introduction

Uses and limitations of Purchasing Power Parities

Chapter 1: The size of the economy and price levels

• Size of the economy
• Per capita measures
• Price levels
• Subnational analyses

Chapter 2: Poverty and inequality

• Poverty
• Inequality and shared prosperity

Chapter 3: Trade and competitiveness

• Competitiveness
• Market convergence
• Productivity

Chapter 4: Labor costs, wages, and social safety nets

• Labor costs
• Wages
• Social safety nets

Chapter 5: Food and nutrition

• Food security and nutrition
• Food consumption

Chapter 6: Health

• Health expenditures
• Health outcomes

Chapter 7: Education

• Education expenditures
• Education outcomes

Chapter 8: Energy and climate

• Energy efficiency
• Emissions and climate change

Chapter 9: Infrastructure

• Investment
• Transport
• Information and communication technology
• Research and development

Chapter 10: Human Development

• Human Development Index
• Gender Development Index
• Better Life Index

Chapter 11: Administrative uses

• Administrative uses

Technical note

• Presentation of data
• Concepts and definitions
• ICP classification of expenditures and indicators
• Further resources

Annex

References