What does Brunei teach us about using Human Development Index rankings as a policy tool?

Michael, Bryane

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“…Again, although the country has a good basic infrastructure, it lacks the high‐level infrastructure: top class health care, a regional leading university, and a better transport network. The country is also a very unequal one, ranked 94th in the world; such inequality would suggest that many have only had limited benefit from the oil and gas boom (Michael, ). Again, mapped against Witt and Redding's (, ) taxonomy of key institutional features that differentiate the different Asian economies, from ownership and governance to the financial system to employment relations, would suggest that it has significantly more in common with the less developed Asian economies than the mature ones (Michael, ; Singh et al, ; c.f., Fainshmidt et al, ).…”

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Human resource management in multinational and domestic enterprises: A comparative institutional analysis in Southeast Asia

Singh

Wood

Darwish

et al. 2018

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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This article looks at the relative impact of context on the role of senior managers. It compares HR directors of domestic enterprises (DEs) with those of multinational enterprises (MNEs), within an emerging market setting, based on a survey of HR directors in Brunei. We found that, with the exception of some aspects of selection and recruitment, HR directors of MNEs accorded a higher priority to strategic tasks but were more reluctant to delegate. This study confirms the importance of MNEs in pioneering more modern and integrated approaches to people management but also demonstrates the limitations to the extent where they might act as evangelists of new practices that are adopted by their local peers. In contrast, local firms were more likely to concentrate their attention on administrative, rather than strategic, issues. We draw out the implications of our findings for theory and practice.

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Human resource management in multinational and domestic enterprises: A comparative institutional analysis in Southeast Asia

Singh

Wood

Darwish

et al. 2018

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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“…Through HDI analysis, we can also compare well-being between countries or regions, providing essential insights for cross-border comparisons [2][3][4]. HDI study results also play a role in planning and policymaking, helping governments determine development priorities, resource allocation, and more effective strategy changes [5,6]. The HDI is essential to understanding, monitoring, and improving the population's quality of life and informing more effective development policies [7].…”

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Statistical Assessment of Human Development Index Variations and Their Correlates: A Case Study of Aceh Province, Indonesia

Sasmita,

Phonna,

Fikri

et al. 2023

Grimsa J. Bus. Econ. Stud.

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The Human Development Index (HDI) provides a holistic measure of human development in a country or locality. This study aims to identify factors correlated with changes in the Human Development Index and analyze changes in the distribution of the Human Development Index in Aceh Province from 2012 to 2022. Apart from the Human Development Index as the variable used in this study, five variables are used in this study as indicators: Life Expectancy, Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP), Per Capita Expenditure, Average Years of Schooling, and Expected Years of Schooling as socioeconomic factors. This research uses an ecological study design. Data was sourced from the "Aceh in Figures" report by the Central Bureau of Statistics of Aceh Province. The statistical methods used were descriptive statistics, the Shapiro-Wilk test for normality, the Spearman test for correlation analysis, the Wilcoxon one-sample test for data distribution, and the Kruskal-Wallis test to compare distributions. Based on the correlation analysis, the study revealed that the five socioeconomic variables tested showed a significant positive correlation with changes in the HDI in Aceh Province (p-value < 0.05). In addition, the difference analysis showed a significantly different distribution of HDI across the years studied (p-value < 0.05), with a pattern of increasing HDI observed from the beginning to the end of the study period. The recommended based on finding of the study is policymakers and stakeholders focus on strategies that enhance the positive correlates identified Finally, these results provide important and structured insights into the role of factors in HDI change.

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To Rank or Not to Rank with Indices? That Is the Question

Morse

2020

Sustainability

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Ranking countries via index-based league tables is now commonplace and is said by its proponents to provide countries with an ability to compare performance with their peers, spurring them to learn from others and make improvements. The Human Development Index (HDI) is arguably one of the most influential indices of its type in terms of reporting within the media and influence on development policy and funding allocation. It is often used as part of a suite of indices to assess sustainability. The index was first published in the Human Development Report (HDR) of 1990 and has appeared in each of the HDRs published since then. This paper reports the first research of its type designed to explore the impacts of methodological changes over 28 years (1991 to 2018) on the ranks of a sample of 135 countries appearing in the HDRs. Results suggest that methodological changes in the HDI have had a statistically significant impact on the ranking of the majority (82%) of countries in the sample, and the ranks of countries that tend to appear towards the top, middle, or bottom of the HDI league table are just as likely to be influenced by changes in HDI methodology. The paper suggests that after nearly 30 years of the HDI, there is an urgent need for independent and empirical research on the changes that it has helped bring about.

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What does Brunei teach us about using Human Development Index rankings as a policy tool?

Cited by 3 publications

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Human resource management in multinational and domestic enterprises: A comparative institutional analysis in Southeast Asia

Human resource management in multinational and domestic enterprises: A comparative institutional analysis in Southeast Asia

Statistical Assessment of Human Development Index Variations and Their Correlates: A Case Study of Aceh Province, Indonesia

To Rank or Not to Rank with Indices? That Is the Question

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