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<journal-id>0185-1667</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Investigación económica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Inv. Econ]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0185-1667</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Economía]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0185-16672000000300013</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La diversidad socioeconómica como medida de desarrollo humano]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The Socioeconomic Diversity as Measure of Human Development]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez De La Vega]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ricardo A.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González Torres]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Iris M.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Pedagógica "José Martí" Facultad de Ciencias depto de Biología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Camagüey Facultad de Economía ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2000</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2000</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>60</volume>
<numero>233</numero>
<fpage>13</fpage>
<lpage>33</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0185-16672000000300013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0185-16672000000300013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0185-16672000000300013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Se analizan las características de los índices y metodologías de medición del desarrollo aplicadas hasta el presente. Como contrapartida se argumenta la implantación del concepto "nicho socioeconómico", para tomar la diversidad de los mismos como medida de desarrollo humano. Los fundamentos teóricos discutidos proporcionan un enfoque epistemológico novedoso, unificador de las Ciencias Sociales y Naturales, tanto desde el punto de vista conceptual como metodológico, ofreciendo una opción teórica y práctica para la gestión multidisciplinaria vinculada a la sustentabilidad del desarrollo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The characteristics of the indices and methodologies of measurement of human development applied until the present are analyzed. As compensation it is argued the introduction of the "socioeconomic niche" concept, for taking the diversity of the same ones as measure of human development. The theoretical principles discussed provide a new approach, that unifies Social and Natural Sciences, so much from the conceptual as methodological point of view, offering a theoretical and practical option for the administration and evaluation linked to the sustainability and improvement of human development.]]></p></abstract>
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