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The human development index initiated by the United Nations Development Programme has gained universal acceptance as a measure of human progress. This study constructs a comparable time series of HDI ...

Turkey ranks on 92nd position among 187 countries in this year's International Human Development Index by the UNDP. Norway is on top of the least, Congo brings up the rear. The report also draws ...

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