Human development (economics)

<p>The concept of human development expands upon the notion of <a href="/facts/Economic_development/4KRrMBaM">economic development</a> to include <a href="/facts/Social_development_theory/XR3TftQy">social</a>, <a href="/facts/Political_modernization/GqoDsyh1">political</a> and even <a href="/facts/Development_ethics/5j16ogyo">ethical dimensions</a>. Since the mid-twentieth century, international organisations such as the <a href="/facts/United_Nations/fgXLnmgT">United Nations</a> and the <a href="/facts/World_Bank/hIH9uUb2">World Bank</a> have adopted human development as a holistic approach to evaluating a country’s progress that considers living conditions, social relations, individual freedoms and political institutions that contribute to freedom and <a href="/facts/Well-being/h1dsU4VU">well-being</a>, in addition to standard measures of <a href="/facts/Economic_growth/kEXm3jWm">income growth</a>.
</p><p>The United Nations Development Programme defines human development as "the process of enlarging people's choices", said choices allowing them to "lead a long and healthy life, to be educated, to enjoy a decent standard of living", as well as "political freedom, other guaranteed human rights and various ingredients of self-respect". Thus, human development is about much more than economic growth, which is only a means of enlarging people's choices. 
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