The table shows the ranking of the first 53 countries according to the last calculation of the Human Development Indicator (HDI) (2004).
A. Explain briefly what does the HDI measure.
B. Express briefly what you think the way in which the HDI is constructed. (Briefly means no more than five lines of text. Excesses are severely penalised.)
C. Mexico has a much higher income per capita than Cuba, even after considering differences in the prices of the goods and services in Mexico and Cuba. However, Cuba ranks better according to HDI than Mexico. Explain why this might be.
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high muna development
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Norway
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0.965
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iceland
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0.96
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australia
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0.957
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ireland
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0.956
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swedon
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0.951
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canada
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0.95
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japan
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0.949
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united states
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0.948
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Switzerland
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0.947
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netherlands
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0.947
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finland
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0.947
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luxembourg
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0.945
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belgium
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0.945
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austria
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0.944
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denmark
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0.943
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france
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0.942
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italy
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0.94
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united kindom
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0.94
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spain
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0.938
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new zeland
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0.936
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germany
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0.932
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hongkong, china
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0.927
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israel
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0.927
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greece
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0.921
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singapore
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0.916
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korea
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0.912
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slowenia
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0.91
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portugal
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0.904
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cyprus
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0.903
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czech republic
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0.885
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bardodoes
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0.879
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malta
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0.875
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kuwait
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0.871
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brunei darussalar
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0.871
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hungary
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0.869
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argentina
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0.863
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poland
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0.862
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chile
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0.859
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bahrain
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0.859
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estonia
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0.858
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lithuania
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0.857
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slovakia
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0.856
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uruguay
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0.851
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croatia
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0.846
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latvia
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0.845
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qatar
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0.844
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seychelles
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0.842
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costa rice
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0.841
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united arab emirates
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0.839
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cuba
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0.826
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saint kitts and nevis
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0.825
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bahamas
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0.825
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mexico
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0.821
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