Human Development Index

Development is not a synonym for infrastructure. Yet, these two words are often used in interchangeably. Halifax, a small city in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada is currently taking on the project of building a new convention center to replace the old and derelict convention center. This project has been widely accepted and praised by many local government officials and business people as a tremendous step forward and a driver for the city’s growth. While this project can be defined as new infrastructure

women have emerged that could adversely affect the participation of women in the economy and social spheres.” (Ministry of Women and Family Development, 2003) In this study, we using article entitled The Progress of Malaysian Women since Independence 1957 – 2000 by Ministry of Women and Family Development with funding support from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam, that published in September 2003. 1. Women in decision making and power sharing

This 3D well-being approach is closely linked to human development approach because it focuses on material, relational, and subjective dimensions of development. This approach is particularly chosen because it incorporates subjective dimension of well-being, which is the meanings people give to the goals they achieve. This subjective dimension is significantly

economic development does not necessarily have a correlation with human development. Until recently, a common view of development referred to rising income levels and overall economic growth of a country. However, in recent years a shift towards focusing upon humanity issues and circumstances rather than monetary concerns reflects the new definition of a nation’s development, which can be measured by the Human Development Indicator (HDI) produced by the United Nation Development Programme

general well-being of individuals and society’s way of outlining negative and positive features of life. According to an Economic Report written by The United States Congress in September of 1995, the Index of Well-Being was 101.2, down slightly from its August reading of 101.4, which was the highest index recorded since the benchmark of 100 in April of 1990. Many people around the world struggle to fulfill their outtake of a successful quality of life. Although many individuals may believe a good quality

commonly made mistake and low Human Development Index pointing out the limited possibilities of human resources has its negative impact on economic as well as on social processes in particular country. How educated residents are, determine the speed of economic growth, while shortage of accumulated human capital makes difficult to implement innovations and lack of adaptation of proven technologies, methods, and practices. The importance of human capital for economic development in general is widely accepted

lasting interest in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor, the investor’s purpose being to have an effective voice in the management of the enterprise. While Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s benchmark definition of FDI identifies FDI’s objective is to obtain a lasting interest by a resident entity (“direct investor”) in one economy other than that of the investor (“direct investment enterprise”). The lasting interest implies

about more often than developing countries. A developing country is a country that is at an early stage in economic development and has a less developed industrial base, and a low Human Development Index (HDI). The Human Development Index is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income per capita indicators and is used to rank countries into tiers of human development. Having a low HDI means the country has a low life expectancy, a shorter length of education and the income per capita

Country Profile Geographically, Korea is a small country on the far eastern edge of Asia surrounded by China, Russia and Japan. South Korea is still under heavy military tension with North Korea. The area of South Korea is 100,210 square kilometers which is one fourth of California. The population is approximately 50 million. Its capital city is Seoul where approximately 10 million live. Its language is Hangeul (Korean). 29.2 percent of Koreans are Christians and 22.8 percent are Buddhists. 48

LITERATURE REVIEW The well known adage which states that “If a woman is educated, the whole family gets educated”, is very appropriate for Media Literacy. Poverty, gender discrepancies, illiteracy and disconnectivity have left women all over the world helpless when it comes to getting information. Sadly, historically across the globe such discrepancies are not confined to a specific culture, region, country or status. But one thing that has been observed is that this is more obvious in the rural