Efficiency of Isfahan cities to achieve Human Development Index

Although measuring the Human Development Index can help policymakers to evaluate developments and priority policies, if we could be able to calculate the efficiency to achievement of this index, it would have be more applicable. The study aimed to measure the efficiency to access to HDI using Stochastic Frontier Analysis. The present descriptive-analytic study was carried out through a cross-sectional method in 2010. The study population consisted of all cities of Isfahan province (n=21). All population was studied and sampling was not used. Data were gathered and estimated by studying all respecting reports and documents found in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and Statistics and Information Office of Isfahan Governor during 2004-08. HDI was calculated according special formula. 4.1Frontierwas used to measure efficiency of selected cities and figure out the optimum production function. The HDI for Isfahan was calculated according to the year-oriented succession: 0.627(2004), 0.643 (2005), 0.660 (2006), 0.669 (2007), 0.603 (2008). The mean of Technical efficiency of achieving the HDI index in mentioned province during the years of 2004 to 2008 was estimated around 0.95 regarding all seven modular inputs and around 0.94 regarding just five numbers of them. All put together, to achieve the main goal of increasing the efficiency of achieving the HDI index, some fundamental issues should be considered including the fulfillment rate of income index, enrichment of private sector potentials, attention focused on planning & development of Human Resources, investment rate on infrastructure, identifying investment opportunities by the purpose of utilizing the strengths and providing such a condition working as stimuli to encourage public sector participation.