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COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2018

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2.

Trends in Human Development in OIC Member States

This section aims to analyze the trends in human development in OIC member states by utilizing

Human Development Reports (HDR) published by UNDP. Human development requires

expanding the richness of human life. This approach focuses on people and their opportunities

and choices rather than economy. Based on this paradigm, UNDP produces HDR’s since 1990 and

the most recent report was published in 2018.

2.1.

International Comparison of Human Development Trends

Figure 20

shows the change in human development index (HDI) for selected country groups

between 1990 and 2017. All of the selected groups experienced an increase in this period. The

world average has increased from 0.598 to 0.728. The OIC average rose from 0.505 to 0.632 and

remained significantly below the OECD and world average. OIC’s HDI values are only higher than

those of LDCs. On the other hand, the gap between the OIC and developing countries has enlarged

in the last 27 years. In 1990, it was only 0.010 points whereas it has risen to 0.049 points in 2017

implying a more rapid progress in developing countries.

Figure 20: Trends in Human Development Index, 1990-2017

Source: Own calculations from UNDP (2018).

Note: The averages are unweighted. That is, each country in the groups has the same weight irrespective of its

population.

The annual growth rate in HDI values between 1990 and 2017 are given in

Figure 21.

Not

surprisingly, the annual growth rate is higher for the groups with lower initial HDI values. During

the period, OIC member states exhibit almost 1.02 percent growth per year. This rate is higher

than that of OECD and world but lower than developing countries and LDCs. The difference

between growth rates of OIC member states and developing countries also explains the widening

gap between the HDI values of these country groups.

0,785

0,835

0,874

0,895

0,598

0,642

0,698

0,728

0,505

0,546

0,604

0,632

0,515

0,570

0,642

0,681

0,346

0,400

0,484

0,524

0,000

0,100

0,200

0,300

0,400

0,500

0,600

0,700

0,800

0,900

1,000

1990

2000

2010

2017

OECD

World

OIC

Developing countries

Least developed countries