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Human development is the process of increasing people's choices by expanding their human capabilities, functioning and opportunities, and at the same time, raising the level of their achieved well-being in a sustainable manner. Human development therefore focuses on people and the satisfaction of their basic needs. |
Human Development
Index
As a first step towards institutionalization, the NSCB, with technical assistance from the HDN, prepared the provincial HDI estimates for 1997, together with updates for 1994. The NSCB is initially targeting to come out with provincial HDIs every three years to jibe with the release of the results of the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) of the National Statistics Office (NSO). This survey generates the income data for the computation of the HDI.
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