Editing Human Development Index (section)

== Origins ==

The origins of the HDI are found in the annual Human Development Reports produced by the Human Development Report Office of the [[United Nations Development Programme]] (UNDP). These annual reports were devised and launched by Pakistani economist [[Mahbub ul-Haq]] in 1990, and had the explicit purpose "to shift the focus of development economics from [[national income]] accounting to [[People-centered development|people-centered policies]]". He believed that a simple composite measure of human development was needed to convince the public, academics and politicians that they can, and should, evaluate development not only by economic advances but also improvements in human [[well-being]].
[[File:Human Development Index Underlying Principles.svg|thumb|upright=3.5|center|The underlying principle behind the Human Development Index<ref name="auto1"/>]]
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