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How cultural and creative industries can power human development in the 21st Century

23 January 2019 | Thangavel Palanivel, Deputy Director of the Human Development Report Office, UNDP
Cultural and creative industries, which include arts and crafts, advertising, design, entertainment, architecture, books, media and software, have become a vital force in accelerating human development. They empower people to take ownership of their...Read more

North East Nigeria’s Crisis: A case of religious bigotry or a consequence of the failed promise of prosperity?

04 December 2018 | Ojijo Odhiambo, Senior Economic Advisor, UNDP Nigeria
The decade-long Boko Haram insurgency, epitomized by the abduction in April 2014 of 276 girls from Government Secondary School in Chibok, has left in its wake a tale of destruction, tens of thousands of deaths, displacement of millions of...Read more

Violence against women, a cause and consequence of inequality

19 November 2018 | Selim Jahan, Director of the Human Development Report Office, UNDP
The lack of women’s empowerment is a critical form of inequality. And while there are many barriers to empowerment, violence against women and girls (VAW) is both a cause and a consequence of gender inequality. Estimates by the World Health...Read more

Measuring multidimensional poverty for leaving no one behind

06 November 2018 | Carolina Rivera and Monica Jahangir
Carolina Rivera is a Research Analyst at the Human Development Report Office at UNDP and Monica Jahangir is a Policy and Advocacy Officer at the International Movement ATD Fourth World. Poverty has many dimensions beyond a lack of money...Read more

Unleashing the potential of a young Pakistan

24 July 2018 | Shakeel Ahmad, Assistant Country Director and Chief of the Development Policy Unit, UNDP Pakistan
Any study of human development is incomplete without considering demographic transition; a phenomenon likely to have a profound impact on Pakistan’s future, given its young population. Currently, 64 percent of the nation is younger than 30 and 29...Read more

Increased investments in youth and their well-being now are crucial to seizing Timor-Leste’s demographic opportunity

03 July 2018 | Dr. Merve Hosgelen
Dr. Merve Hosgelen is the National Human Development Report Project Manager at UNDP Timor-Leste While many countries’ economies and social security systems are challenged by their aging populations, Timor-Leste, the second youngest...Read more

Can human development turn the tide on internal displacement?

19 June 2018 | Christelle Cazabat, Researcher at the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Twenty years ago, governments around the world recognized the severity of internal displacement and the need to help everyone forced to leave their home – but not their nation – because of conflict, violence, disasters, climate change or any other...Read more

Towards a climate resilient Zimbabwe

05 June 2018 | Amarakoon Bandara, Senior Economic Advisor, UNDP Zimbabwe
There is unequivocal scientific evidence that our planet is warming, primarily as the result of human activity since the mid-20th century. The planet’s average surface temperature has risen by about 2.0 degrees Fahrenheit (1.1 degrees Celsius) mainly...Read more

The Subnational Human Development Index: Moving beyond country-level averages

31 May 2018 | Iñaki Permanyer and Jeroen Smits
Iñaki Permanyer is a Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow at the Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics, and Jeroen Smits is head of the Global Data Lab at Radboud University The Human Development Index...Read more

Advancing Human Development: Theory and Practice

30 May 2018 | Frances Stewart and Emma Samman
Frances Stewart is Professor Emeritus of Development Economics at the University of Oxford and Emma Samman is a Research Associate at the Overseas Development Institute 'Human development is a process of enlarging people’s choices...Read more
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