In the 1990s, two indexes were introduced that were intended to have a wider scope than conventional measures of poverty and inequality; they were the Quality of Life Index (QLI) and the Human Development Index (HDI).
En los años noventa se crearon dos índices que buscan presentar un alcance mayor que las medidas convencionales de pobreza y desigualdad, se trata del Índice de Condiciones de Vida (ICV) y del Índice de Desarrollo Humano (IDH).