Europe is a rich continent, featuring some of the most advanced countries in the world in terms of human development and economic growth. However, the region exhibits considerable disparities within ...

Measuring a nation's success involves more than just its buildings or economy; it also involves how well its citizens live. The HDI, or Human Development Index, is a suitable indicator in this ...

In this article, we take a look at the 30 least developed countries and their characteristics. If you would like to skip our detailed analysis of the world’s least-developed countries, you can ...

Srilanka, May 8 -- Sri Lanka ranks 89th among the 193 countries featured in the 2025 Human Development Index (HDI) released recently by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Sri Lanka leads ...

Dozens of poor nations have yet to regain their pre-pandemic levels of overall well-being, amid signs that the pandemic may have permanently depressed the world’s development trajectory, according to ...

On 13 December, Bhutan became the seventh country to graduate from the least developed country (LDC) category. Bhutan deserves praise for embracing graduation despite setbacks due to the negative ...

THE 2020s have brought a degree of chaos not seen in decades. A pandemic was followed by a full-scale war in Europe; both sent food and fuel prices surging. Extreme weather events have shown that ...

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Research and Development Solutions (RADS) has launched a new, simplified model to more accurately measure the Human Development Index (HDI) in Pakistan.