1.0GeoCurrentshttps://www.geocurrents.infoMartin W. Lewishttps://www.geocurrents.info/blog/author/martin-lewis/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RGF4Sk3JLw"><a href="https://www.geocurrents.info/blog/2022/07/07/mapping-the-human-development-index-hdi-in-greater-south-asia/">Mapping the Human Development Index (HDI) in Greater South Asia</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.geocurrents.info/blog/2022/07/07/mapping-the-human-development-index-hdi-in-greater-south-asia/embed/#?secret=RGF4Sk3JLw" width="600" height="338" title="“Mapping the Human Development Index (HDI) in Greater South Asia” — GeoCurrents" data-secret="RGF4Sk3JLw" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://www.geocurrents.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/South-Asia-HDI-Map-by-Divisions.png27421614Levels of social development as measured by the Human Development Index vary greatly across the various regions of South Asia. Particularly low HDI figures are found in India's central Ganges Valley, in eastern and western Afghanistan, and in Pakistan's province of Baluchistan.