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Our concern for human development is essential because it is the pivot of any real progress. No matter how many buildings, facilities, schools and hospitals we build and no matter how many projects and bridges we set up, it will remain a lifeless, material entity incapable of survival. The spirit of all this development is man, it is man who is capable with his mind, resources, art and determination to preserve these achievements and push further. (Sheikh Zayed)
A HIGH STANDARD OF EDUCATION, investment in a sophisticated health service, the development of human resources, the empowerment of women and the provision of social welfare to the less well-off have ensured that the UAE continues to be rated as having a high level of human development, being ranked forty-first in the 2005 UN Human Development Index (HDI), having risen from forty-ninth place in 2004.
HDI focuses on three measurable dimensions of human development: living a long and healthy life, being educated and having a decent standard of living. Thus it combines measures of life expectancy, school enrolment, literacy and income, providing a broad view of the country’s development.
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