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The Mediterranean University, I.I.B.F. Department of Economics. Antalya/Turkey e-mail: [email protected] Economist. e-mail: [email protected]., High levels of national income are necessary for a country to be qualified as developed but is not a sufficient condition. Failure to resolve social problems in many developing countries increases the Journal of Management and Economics Research / Journal of Management and Economics Research Cilt/Volume: 17 Number/Issue: 2 June/June 2019 ss./pp. 175-192 M. Zanbak, R. Özeş Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.11611/yead.501903 Journal of Management and Economics Research 176 importance relationship between economic growth and human development. In this context, according to the reports issued by the United Nations, human development should be evaluated by taking into consideration national income as well as indicators regarding education and health. In this study, human development index values of European Union member (EU-28) and candidate countries which were chosen between 1990-2017 including Turkey were measured with United Nations criterion and possible effects of membership are evaluated.The findings show that the founding members are today ahead of human development; it also shows that Sweden, Ireland, Finland, England, and Denmark are able to this level.In addition to this, it can stated that Bulgaria, Croatia, and Romania do not present a significant development although they were accepted as a member. Besides, it is possible to highlight that Macedonia whichins its candidate status, has the lowest human development performance among the countries and Turkey is relatively behind but one of the leading countries that perform the fastest change.

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