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What was the nationality of Mahbub-ul-Haq (another Amartya Sen), the forerunner of the Human Development Index and the founder of the Human Development Index?

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    Pakistan
  • 2
    Iraq
  • 3
    UK
  • 4
    USA
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Answer : 1. "Pakistan"
Explanation :

The human development concept was developed by economist Mahbub ul Haq. At the World Bank in the 1970s, and later as minister of finance in his own country, Pakistan, Dr. Haq argued that existing measures of human progress failed to account for the true purpose of development—to improve people's lives.

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