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ORDONEZ TOVAR, Jorge Alberto. Development Theories and the Role of The State: Human Development and Welfare, A Proposal for a Supplementary Indicator to the Human Development Index in Mexico. Polít. gob [online]. 2014, vol.21, n.2, pp.409-441. ISSN 1665-2037.

This paper proposes a complementary index to the Human Development Index (HDI) for Mexico, which besides being easy to construct, highlights the direct link between human development, poverty, inequality and social coverage that the state provides its citizens, in order to test empirically its statistical relationship and climb to the table of changes that the hdi has been experienced, the issue of the role of the state as a major player in development.

Palavras-chave : human development; well-being; Human Development Index; theories of development; welfare measurements.