This chapter analyses past criticisms of the HDI and the responses of the Human Development Report Office (HDRO) over 25 years. This exercise seems essential in acknowledging its evolving participatory nature. Indeed, numerous opinions and suggestions have been put forward since its introduction, which are grouped into seven categories: choice of dimensions, selection of indicators, standardisation and transformation of variables, decision of weighting, treatment of data, distributive concerns and investigation of composite nature. The HDRO’s responses have three patterns: direct methodological reflections on the HDI, indirect methodological analyses within a family of human development indicators, and conceptual debates within the HDRs. Reviewing these criticisms and responses chronologically clarifies how the former influenced the latter, demonstrating the process of making explicit the value judgement behind the index.
原文链接：https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-51568-7_4
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