Estimating Sub-National Human Development Indices in the Presence of Limited Information: The Case of Bhutan

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Estimating Sub-National Human Development Indices in the Presence of Limited Information: The Case of Bhutan

November 15, 2013

This paper attempts innovative ways to estimate sub-national level life expectancy at birth and per capita GDP for Bhutan in order to calculate sub-national HDIs. The estimates, produced for all 20 dzongkhags (provinces), show that human development in all dzongkhags is in the medium range (0.500 to 0.799), but it is most advanced in Thimphu. The paper summarizes the conceptual and measurement issues, provides a detailed account of the methodology used and discusses the results of the sub-national estimation exercise.