The IEA, too, has constructed an energy development index, analogous to the human development index, to rank countries' performance.
"For all their power, they can't control this," said Charles Yesalis, a professor of health and human development at Penn State University, who co-wrote, "Performance Enhancing Substances in Sport and Exercise" (Human Kinetics Publishers, 2002).
"Doping has been good for business," said Charles Yesalis, a professor of health and human development at Penn State University, who co-wrote, "Performance Enhancing Substances in Sport and Exercise" (Human Kinetics Publishers, 2002).
For Cambodia's case, CTIS Ministry of Commercee 2007) suggested a list of 19 potential exports, of which garment and footwear rank high and medium, respectively, in human development assessment, based on their previous performance, while most of agricultural products rank from low to medium.
The survey can serve as a very important tool for elected and administrative officials to assess and compare their performance on the human development front, added the UNICEF Country Representative, mentioning that similar surveys will be conducted in 2012 and 2015 in order to assess progress.
Both farms showed high performance in ethical and human development (CS_4) and social, cultural and ecological sustainability (CS_5).
Of the 52 African countries ranked in the index, 41 showed progress in human development, while 39 indicated an improvement in government performance.
Results show that human capital and relational capital actually improve new product development performance through organizational learning capability.
The number of days lost by students (4 days) is worrying as it negatively affects school performance and becomes a challenge to human development.
But as new ways of scientifically measuring human development start to bear out these theories and link them directly with performance, the so-called soft side of business begins to look not so soft after all.
