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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

Blockchain technology for human development: Not so fast?

02 May 2018 | Shivani Nayyar, Research Specialist at the Human Development Report Office, UNDP
On February 6th, a Forbes list identified the 10 richest “Bitcoin billionaires”. By the time the list went online, most on the list were not billionaires anymore. While cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin being the best known, have recently caught...Read more

Closing gender gaps throughout the life course

07 March 2018 | Astra Bonini and Yu Chieh Hsu, Policy Specialist and Statistics Analyst at the Human Development Report Office, UNDP
Our choices and opportunities, from childhood to older-age, accumulate over the life course. Breaking patterns of inequality requires us to consider the full cycle of life and identify critical intervention periods and cumulative deprivations....Read more

Assessing multidimensional poverty – one index at the global level

27 February 2018 | Sabina Alkire and Selim Jahan
Sabina Alkire is the Director of OPHI and Selim Jahan is the Director of HDRO, UNDP Poverty is multidimensional and goes beyond income deprivations. The measurement of multidimensional poverty serves as a complement to traditional...Read more

Evidence-based Human Development: Measuring the opportunity cost of teenage pregnancy in the Dominican Republic

13 February 2018 | Melisa Bretón, Programme Officer Sustainable Human Development, UNDP Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a fast-growing economy with an average growth rate of around 5%, above the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) average of 2% over the last 10 years. In 2014 it moved up in human development category, from medium to high human...Read more

Implementing the Madrid Plan of Action on Ageing: What have we learned? And, where do we go from here?

29 January 2018 | Asghar Zaidi, Professor of International Social Policy, University of Southampton
It is no secret that the world’s population is ageing. As fertility declines and life expectancy increases, the proportion of older people is projected to grow across the world. Therefore, it is increasingly important to develop metrics that assess...Read more

Leveling the playing field: Human development and sports

28 November 2017 | Andréa Bolzon, Coordinator of the National Human Development Report, UNDP Brazil
There is a positive relationship between human development and practicing physical sports. Exercise is associated with improvements in health, cognitive processes, sociability, productivity (due to better physical and mental health) and quality of...Read more
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