Dimensions of human development: the case of Ribeirão Preto region, SP

Abstract: The aim of research was to analyze the level of human development of the 25 municipalities in the Administrative Region of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo's State, Brazil, using Municipal Human Development Index, and to inform weaknesses and potentialities of the tool. The methodology has exploratory and descriptive characteristics, based on secondary data. The municipality of Serra Azul presented most of the critical indicators that compose the index.