Srijit Mishra

Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai

Expertise

Development Studies (Agriculture, Rural Development, Public Health)

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Honors & Awards

Invited to the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), under the theme Food Security and Sustainability Development, United States of America, May 2011.
Member, Committe on Unorganized Sector Statistics, National Statistical Commission, Government of India, 2012.
Member, Task Force on Credit Related Issues of Farmers, Government of India, 2009.
Coordinator and Member, Drafting Committee and Permanent Invitee, Expert Group on Agricultural Indebtedness, Government of India, 2007.
Invited to deliver keynote addresses at the at the annual conferences of (i) the Bengal Economic Association, 2012, (ii) the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, 2007 (iii) the Indian Society of Agricultural Marketing, 2007 and (iv) the Orissa Economic Association, 2007.
Member, Working Group to Suggest Measures to Assist Distressed Farmers, Reserve Bank of India, 2006.

On A Class of Human Development Index Measures

Srijit Mishra, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

Abstract

Using Minkowski distance function we propose a class of Human Development Index measures. Special cases of this turn out to be the popularly used linear average method as also a newly proposed displaced ideal method. Two measures of penalty are suggested. One captures the non-uniform attainment across dimensions and the other captures the deviation from the ideal path. A method of adjusting for unequal weights is also provided.

Suggested Citation

Srijit Mishra and Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan. 2008. "On A Class of Human Development Index Measures" IGIDR Working Paper No. WP-2008-020

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