Adaptation of the UN’s gender in equality index to Ukraine’s regions
Adaptation of the UN’s gender in equality index to Ukraine’s regions

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the application of the Human Development Index (HDI) and its derivative indices that take into account the gender factor. Currently, this index is used both for ranking countries based on their level of human development and for studying the situation in regions in the context of the indi-cators of this index. We proceed from the factthat, for countries for which sub-national regional indicators are very diverse in different spheres, it is expedient to adapt not only the index of human development, but also the indices of the development of human potential, taking into account the gender factor. This study suggests an adaptation of the Gender Inequality Index (GII) in the United Nations’ (UN) basic methodology to the sub-national level. The method suggested by the authors enables the use of this adaptation for a revision of the system of indicators for which the index is determined. Our results allowed us to compare the indicators and the trends in the two methods for calculating the sub-national indices based on the corresponding indicators in the observed country from the previous 10 years. We concluded that the GII indicators based on an entire country and those derived by the UN’s basic methodology do not reflect a wide sub-national disparity. The expansion of the base of the indicators for the determination of GII allowed the development of a new method for a sub-national GII adaptation. The aim was to adjust GII calculated according to the basic methodology and, therefore, to provide more objective political, economic, and social recommendations in the context of development of human potential, taking into account the gender factor.

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