Question

Which of the following reports compare countries using health, education and per capita income?

• A. Human Development Report
• B. Global Trade Report
• C. World Development Report
• D. Economic Survey Report

Hint:

Two of the options are real international reports. One classifies countries by income alone and the other adds health and education to income. Pick the one that uses all three.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Concept:

• The name of a report usually tells you what it measures, so reading the four names carefully removes most of the options.
• The question asks for a report that goes beyond money.

Step 1: Remove the reports that deal with only one thing.
A Global Trade Report would deal with trade, and an Economic Survey Report reviews the economy of a single country before its budget. Neither is a comparison of many countries on three different measures.

Step 2: Separate the two remaining reports by who publishes them.
The World Development Report is published by the World Bank, and the Human Development Report is published by the United Nations Development Programme.

Step 3: Separate them by what they measure.
The World Bank report classifies countries by per capita income, so it uses only one yardstick. The UNDP report deliberately adds health status and educational levels to income, because a country can be rich and still have unhealthy or poorly educated people.

Step 4: Match with the question.
The question names all three of health, education and per capita income together, which is exactly the combination used in the Human Development Report.

Final Answer: (A) Human Development Report