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and an be interpreted as transition matrices. According to out of 21
OIC member states which were placed in low development category in 1990, 18 ended up in
the same category in 2000 and 3 climbed to medium development category. There was no
transition from medium development category neither downwards nor upwards. For two
countries in high development category in 1990, one country remained in the same category in
2000 and the other fell to medium category.
Table 7: Transition between development categories from 1990 to 2000
2000
Low HD Medium HD High HD
1990
Low HD 18 3 0
Medium HD 0 14 0
High HD 0 1 1
Source: Own calculations from corresponding years’ HDR.
All the transitions between 2000 and 2008 were upwards. Out of 20 OIC member states in low
development category in 2000, 8 were upgraded to medium and the rest remained in the same
category. For medium category in 2000, 23 stayed in the same category and 5 were placed in
high development category. There was not any transition for the high development category in
2000. All the 5 countries in high category in 2000, remained in the same category in 2008.
Table 8: Transition between development categories from 2000 to 2008
2008
Low HD Medium HD High HD
2000
Low HD 12 8 0
Medium HD 0 23 5
High HD 0 0 5
Source: Own calculations from corresponding years’ HDR.
In 2009 HDR, the shares of low and medium development category were 25% and 51%
respectively. That means, three out of four OIC countries were in either low or medium
development category and only one in high or very high development category. This image
changed slightly in 2015 HDR. Almost two thirds of the OIC member states were placed in
either low or medium category. However, the share of low development category increased
significantly to 41% in 2015 from 25% in 2009. These changes from 2009 to 2015 should not
be interpreted as improvement or deterioration in human development of OIC member states