The Human Development Index grew steadily for years, but the setbacks of these two years erased achievements made in previous periods, as published in the document entitled “Uncertain times, unstable lives.” “It means that we die earlier, we are less educated, our income is falling“said the UNDP chief, Achim Steinerin an interview with AFP.
The 90% of countries were affected due to this setback, but those that had the least impact were Switzerland, Norway and Iceland, which lead the ranking. On the opposite side, South Sudan, Chad and Niger are in the last positions.
The document states that the covid-19 pandemic was one of the greatest kick motors world, to which were added several political, economic and environmental crises. From the organism they emphasize that although these events have been seen in history, their temporal coincidence enhances their effects. “We’ve had disasters. We’ve had conflicts. But the confluence of what we’re facing now is a huge setback for human development,” Steiner added.
While many countries had begun to see a recovery as the impact of the pandemic faded, the ukrainian war found many countries that were just beginning to recover their activity. The impact on food and energy security of this conflict was not yet included in the index, although Steiner anticipated: “Without a doubt, the outlook for 2022 is bleak.”
The report adds that elements such as climate change, political polarization to globalization add uncertainty to the future performance of the index. “Frankly speaking, the transformations we need now require us to introduce the metrics of the future: low carbon emissions, less inequality, greater sustainability,” Steiner said.
The report emphasizes the need to focus actions in three main areas: investments in renewable energy and preparation for future pandemicssafe to absorb their impacts and innovations to strengthen the capacity to deal with future crises.
What happened in Argentina
In the case of Argentina, it is found in the section of countries with “very high level of human development” and occupies the position 47 within the ranking. The country’s life expectancy is 75.4 years, the expected average years of education are 17.9, but the average is 11.1 years, close to the average of the countries that lead the ranking (13 years).
Argentina in addition advanced in that ranking from 1990 to 2019however compared to 2015, in 2021 the country moved back 4 places.
Source: Ambito
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