Investigation of peculiarities of human development in post-Soviet countries

Olvinskaya Juliya
PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Statistics Department, Odessa National Economic University, E-mail:y_olvinskaya@ukr.net, ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5871-2647

Samotoenkova Elena
PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Statistics Department, Odessa National Economic University, E-mail:samotoenkova@gmail.com, ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6942-8134

Cite this article:

Olvinskaya J., Samotoenkova E. (2019). Investigation of peculiarities of human development in post-Soviet countries. Ed.: D.V. Zavadska (ed.-in-ch.) and others [Doslidzhennia osoblyvostei liudskoho rozvytku u postradianskykh krainakh; za red.: D. V. Zavadskoi (gol. red.)], Scientific Bulletin of the Odessa National Economic University, No. 9-10 (272-273), pp. 82–93.

Abstract

The article deals with the relevance and necessity of studying the level of human development. Recent studies and publications related to the field of human development have been analyzed. The authors have presented a methodology for calculating the UN Human Development Index. The necessity to analyze the level of human development in the post-Soviet space has been proved. The dynamics of the index of human development in Ukraine for the period 1990-2018 as well as a comparative analysis of the level of human development in Ukraine and the countries of the post-Soviet space have been analyzed. Leadership and outsider countries have been identified in the Human Development Index. The impact of individual components of the human development index on the level of human potential development in Ukraine and other countries has been analyzed. The index of education and its impact on human development in the post-Soviet countries has been considered. The peculiarities of the development of education indicators in the above countries namely: the share of literate population, the cumulative share of students, average length of study and expected duration of study have been presented. The dynamics of life expectancy at birth in Ukraine and the countries of the post-Soviet space for the period 1990-2018 have been analyzed. Absolute and relative indicators of dynamics have been compared with 1990, 2000 and 2010 respectively. The factors limiting the growth of life expectancy in Ukraine have been presented. The comparative analysis of gross national income per capita in Ukraine with other countries of the post-Soviet space in 2018 has been conducted. The dynamics of gross national income per capita of Ukraine for the period 1990-2018 has been analyzed. The factors that hinder human development in Ukraine have been identified. Ways to increase the level of human development in Ukraine and to use the experience of more developed countries have been offered. The necessity of methodological and informational support of regional development strategies for the implementation of prudent policies for improving the welfare of the population regardless of their place of residence has been substantiated.

Keywords

human development, economic growth, statistical analysis, human development index, education level, average life expectancy, life expectancy, life expectancy at birth, gross national income per capita.

JEL classification: О570; DOI: 10.32680/2409-9260-2019-9-10-272-273-82-93

UD classification: 316.330.3

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