Development Theories and the Role of The State: Human Development and Welfare A Proposal for a Supplementary Indicator to the Human Development Index in Mexico

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  • Jorge Alberto Ordóñez Tovar Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

Keywords:

Human development, Well-being, Human Development Index, Theories of development, Welfare measurements

Abstract

This paper proposes a complementary index to the Human Development Index (hdi) for Mexico, which besides being easy to construct, highlights the direct link between human development, poverty, inequality and social coverage that the state provides
its citizens, in order to test empirically its statistical relationship and climb to the table of changes that the hdi has been experienced, the issue of the role of the state as a major player in development.

Author Biography

  • Jorge Alberto Ordóñez Tovar, Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

    Miembro del Grupo de Investigación de Gobierno y candidato a doctor en gobierno y administración pública por el Instituto Universitario de Investigación
    Ortega y Gasset-Gregorio Marañón, de Madrid; profesor investigador del Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Puebla. itesm Campus Puebla

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Vol. XXI, núm 2 (2014)

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Research Notes

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Ordóñez Tovar, J. A. (2014). Development Theories and the Role of The State: Human Development and Welfare A Proposal for a Supplementary Indicator to the Human Development Index in Mexico. Política Y Gobierno, 21(2). http://www.politicaygobierno.cide.edu/index.php/pyg/article/view/30