educational web portal “new measurement of socio-economic development” russia

Educational web-portal ‘New measurement of socio-economic development’

Russia

created under the joint Project

Mainstreaming Human Development in Russia

Educational web-portal on HD created within the framework of the Project contains:

Textbook with interactive modules On-line database Human Development Reports

(Global, Regional and National HDRs)

http://hd.econ.msu.ru/

Russia

Geographic scope of the database

8 Federal Districts All Federal Subjects o Republicso Regions (oblasts) o Territories (krais) o Autonomous districts (okrugs) o Federal cities (Moscow and Saint-Petersburg)o One autonomous region (oblast)

Types of indicators, thematic scope and data source:

Demographic indicators (16) Social indicators (40) Economic indicators (18) HDI Life expectancy index Education index Income index

Data source – the Federal State Statistic Service, publications of UNDP, WHO

How to use it

You can set the following parameters: Select Federal subjects in 8 Federal districts Select Indicators from 4 groups the “year” field – a specific year or a time

range since 1990 up to now can be set

You can create multiple sets of parameters

for a comparative analysis!

Results can be displayed in a table, diagram or map format by selecting the view

Results can be displayed as a table

As a diagram

visualized on a map

Conclusions

Useful tool for all those interested in HD and measurement of socio-economic development

Serves the objective of education in HD Can be further developed and updated Can be expanded to include other

countries/regions

Russia