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Countries with low Human Development Index, 2015 and 2016
Rank Country HDI Value
179 Eritrea 0.420
179 Sierra Leone 0.420
181 Mozambique 0.418
181 South Sudan 0.418
183 Guinea 0.414
184 Burundi 0.404
185 Burkina Faso 0.402
186 Chad 0.396
187 Niger 0.353
188 Central African Republic 0.352
Source: Human Development Report, 2016
People need to make following efforts considering quality of life as an indicator of
development
– Maintain small family size
– Provision of quality education
– Marriage at appropriate age
– First pregnancy at appropriate age
– Management of health services and sanitation
– Consumption of nutritious and balanced diet
– Maintain birth spacing
– Bear responsibility of parents
– Saving for future

C. Happiness

Happiness is also one of the indicators of development.
People tend to remain happy from the fulfillment of basic
needs, additional needs, provision of social security, good
jobs and better income. It is related with satisfaction and
indicates development. People are supposed to achieve
highest quality of development by being satisfied. But it
is not regarded as development if there is no happiness in
prosperity. In the same way, it is regarded as development
even if people are poor, lack the required facilities but are Fig: 15
happy.
New economic foundation publishes Happiness Planet Index (HPI) every year since
2006 onwards. It has considered the flowing seven prosperity as positive and negative
infrastructure for the development of a country.

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