Statistics Agency calculates Gender Inequality Index in Kazakhstan
19:38, 22 July 2011
ASTANA. July 22. KAZINFORM Statistics Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan using the methodology of the UN Development Programme, calculated a Gender Inequality Index for the republic in the dynamics over the past 3 years. When calculating, the Agency used official statistics data.
On 4 November 2010, in its 20th anniversary Human Development Report UNDP introduced novel statistical indicators - the Human Development Index adjusted for inequality, gender inequality index and index of multidimensional poverty. These indicators complement the traditionally used in the report's Human Development Index (HDI), the press service of the UNDP in Kazakhstan said.
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