Measuring Human Development in the MENA Region
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2015-11-02
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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We aim to assess welfare improvements in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using the Human Development Index (HDI). We obtain weighting schemes that yield the best- and worst-case scenarios for measured human development, relying on consistent tests for stochastic dominance efficiency (SDE), with the official equally weighted HDI taken as a benchmark. In the best-case scenario index, life expectancy and GDP indexes receive the highest weights for the 1975-2005 period, while the education index is the dominant contributor to the worst-case scenario in the same period. In addition, we observe a relative change in the best- and worst-case scenarios between two fifteen-year periods. The GDP index is the main contributor to the best-case scenario between 1975 and 1990, whereas the education index is the main contributor to the worst-case scenario during that period. Life expectancy is the main contributor to the best-case scenario in the 1990-2005 period, while the GDP and education indexes are the primary contributors to the worst-case scenario during that period. © Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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Human Development Index, MENA region, mixed integer programming, nonparametric stochastic dominance, regional development
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Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
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