Laurens Cherchye|Erwin Ooghe|Tom Van Puyenbroeck
Robust human development rankings
KU Leuven|KU Leuven
united nations human development index hdi considers scores three dimensions income school enrolment literacy rate longevity combines single figure measures degree development given country however disagreement 1 weight scores different dimensions 2 aggregate weighted scores different dimensions risk stressing obvious changes weighting andor aggregation affect country rankings first focus robust rankings ie rankings hold wide set weighting andor aggregation procedures second show proposed ranking procedures implemented via linear programming techniques third illustrate methodology prove useful assessing robustness human development country rankingclassification produced annually united nations descriptive statistical way