Question

in what respect is the Criterion used by undp for measuring development of the country is different from the one used by the World Bank

Answer 1

UNDP has taken education, health status, grosd enrollment ratio and per capita income as a base but world bank uses per capita income as its base for comparison.

Answer 2

World bank only uses per capita income for measuring development while UNDP uses many other factors like infant mortality, healthcare facility education level which help in improving the quality of life and helps in making the citizens more productive. As per HDI- 2014, India's rank is 135. On the other hand, the World Bank uses per capita income as the only criterion for measuring development and classifying the countries as rich and poor. Per capita income is useful for comparison, it does not tell us how income is distributed.