AGENDA

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• AGENDA
• What is human development?
• What are the possible benefits of a new approach?
• What are our findings?
• What will it take to boost HD scores?

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About the Project

• A nonpartisan, non-profit initiative established
  to introduce to the United States a well-honed
  international approach and tool for measuring
  human well-being the human development approach
  and the human development index.
• Mission to stimulate fact-based public debate
  about and political attention to human
  development issues in the United States and to
  empower people with an instrument to hold elected
  officials accountable for improving Americans
  human development.
• Funders the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Oxfam
  America, The Rockefeller Foundation, the Social
  Science Research Council, and the Annenberg
  Foundation. Publisher Columbia University Press

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What is Human Development?
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• The human development approach was developed at
  the United Nations in the late 1980s, based in
  part on the work of Harvard economist and Nobel
  Laureate Amartya Sen.
• Human development is defined as a process of
  enlarging peoples freedoms and opportunities and
  improving their well-being.
• This approach is a response to the failure of
  purely economic metrics to capture how people are
  faring.

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Human Development Concept
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Measuring Human Development
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Top-Ranked Countries in Human Development
19802005
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Possible Benefits of a New Approach
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Benefits of a New Approach

• This well-honed international tool reveals new
  insights when applied to the United States.
• Many are alienated by todays bitterly polarized
  debates. This approach could promote a more
  informed, reasoned debate using objective facts
  and comparisons.
• Economic indicators only tell part of the story.
• Empowers people with an instrument to hold
  elected officials accountable.
• Connects research to action on well-being.

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What the HD Index Reveals
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Historical Trends in Human Development
Progress stalled
Rate doubles
Lifespan increased by eight years
Steady progress
YEAR AMERICAN HD INDEX LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH (YEARS) AT LEAST HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA () AT LEAST BACHELORS DEGREE () GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL DEGREE () SCHOOL ENROLLMENT () MEDIAN EARNINGS (2005 DOLLARS)
2005 5.05 77.9 84.2 27.2 10.0 86.8 27,299
2000 4.67 77.0 80.4 24.4 8.9 82.8 27,382
1990 3.82 75.4 75.2 20.3 7.2 80.8 23,164
1980 2.86 73.7 66.5 16.2 5.6 71.9 21,432
1970 2.10 70.8 52.3 10.7 3.6 73.3 20,613
1960 1.23 69.7 41.1 7.7 2.5 76.9 15,732
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American Human Development Index
STATE MAP
The U.S. Human Development Index is 5.06
TOP CT
BOTTOM MS
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American Human Development Index
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAP
The U.S. Human Development Index is 5.06
TOP CD 14 NY
BOTTOM CD 20 CA
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HD Index
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Health IndexLife Expectancy at Birth
STATE MAP
The U.S. Life Expectancy is 78
BOTTOM DC 73.8
TOP HI 81.7
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Health IndexLife Expectancy at Birth
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAP
The U.S. Life Expectancy is 78
TOP CD 8, VA 82.9
BOTTOM CD 5, KY 72.6
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Life Expectancy by Race/Ethnicity
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Global Health Comparisons, Healthcare Spending
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Global Health Comparisons Life Expectancy
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Infant Mortality If the U.S. had the rate of
the top-ranked country (Sweden), over 21,000
American babies would have lived to celebrate
their first birthday.
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Health

• We have the medical knowledge to transform
  asthma from a fatal disease to a manageable
  chronic illness. But compounded layers of
  advantage/disadvantage result in very different
  life chances

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Education IndexEducational Attainment and School
Enrollment
STATE MAP
The U.S. Education Index is 5.04
TOP DC
BOTTOM MS
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Education IndexEducational Attainment and School
Enrollment
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAP
The U.S. Education Index is 5.04
TOP CD 30, CA
BOTTOM CD 29,TX
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Upper Secondary Graduation Rate, 2004
GLOBAL COMPARISON
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Teenage Pregnancy
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Income IndexMedian Earnings for the Population
16 and Older
STATE MAP
BOTTOM MT 22K
The U.S. Median Earnings are 27,299
TOP DC 37K
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Income IndexMedian Earnings for the Population
16 and Older
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAP
The U.S. Median Earnings are 27,299
TOP CD 14, NY 51K
BOTTOM CD20, CA 17K
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Share of Household Income by Quintile, 2006
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Median Net Worth, by Race
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Child Poverty of children in poor households
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How can we build Americans assets?

• United Kingdoms Baby Bond Act
• Launched in 2005
• Savings account for every British child
• At birth and again at age seven automatic 250
• Low-income children get double
• Families can add more money tax-free

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Employment Income Family-friendly policies

• More than three out of four mothers of
  school-aged children are in the workforce.
• Women pay a caring penalty in jobs lower
  paychecks, smaller retirement accounts, job loss.
• In the U.S. there is no federally required
• paid maternity leave (171 countries)
• right to breastfeed (107 countries)
• annual paid vacation (137 countries)
• paid sick leave (145 countries)

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What will it take to boost HD scores?
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Whos poor in America? Poverty among elderly and
kids has declined dramatically
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8-Point Human Development Agenda

• Promote prevention.
• Make health care affordable for all Americans.
• Modernize K12 education.
• Invest in at-risk kids, the earlier the better.
• Strengthen and support families.
• Boost incomes and aid asset-building.
• Launch a Marshall Plan for the Gulf.
• Take responsibility for the most vulnerable.

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Website measureofamerica.org
Check out the Interactive Maps!
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Thank You
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