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Human development index was created in the year ________.


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1991
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1990
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1988
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1989
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The correct option is B 1990
The Human Development Index is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education and per capita income indicators. It is used by the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme. HDI was developed in the year 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub UI Haq, with the help from Gustav Ranis of Yale University and Meghnad Desai of the London School of Economics.

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