The Human Development Index comes close to Amartya Sen’s conception of

QUESTION

The Human Development Index comes close to Amartya Sen’s conception of how development should be measured, although which of the following, suggested by Sen in his thesis, is not included in the index?

A. Basic health care

B. Political freedom

C. Educational attainment

D. Basic average income

E. Life expectancy at birth

ANSWER

B
The HDI comes much closer to Sen’s conception of how development should be measured than narrow economic measures such as GNI per capita—although Sen’s thesis suggests that political freedoms should also be included in the index, and they are not.