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Empirical Relation Between Energy Use and Human Development: Evidence from BRICS Nations

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There is a paradigm shift in the measurement of economic development, which earlier represented by GDP is now better represented by Human Development Index (HDI), since GDP does not include the quality of life aspect in it.

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    Hiranmoy Roy & Narendra N. Dalei

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Roy, H., Dalei, N.N. (2020). Empirical Relation Between Energy Use and Human Development: Evidence from BRICS Nations. In: Gupta, A., Dalei, N. (eds) Energy, Environment and Globalization. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9310-5_7

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