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Violence against women: Unacceptable and unmeasured
22 November 2017
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Yu-Chieh Hsu, Statistics Analyst, and Milorad Kovacevic, Chief Statistician, at the Human Development Report Office, UNDP
One third of women—and more than two-thirds in some countries—have experienced physical or sexual violence inflicted by an intimate partner or sexual violence inflicted by a non-partner, according to the World Health Organization. Violence...Read more
Biodiversity and human development: Letting Mother Nature do her job
07 November 2017
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Jon Hall, Policy Specialist at the Human Development Report Office, UNDP
One of the greatest strengths of the human development approach is its emphasis on viewing the world – and people’s lives – as complex, interconnected systems in which, to paraphrase the former Norwegian Prime Minister and Sustainable Development...Read more
New hope through youth
31 October 2017
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HOPE XXL
Human development is about everyone’s future. But no one should have a greater interest in that future than the world’s young people because the future will shape so much more of their lives than older age groups. And yet, in most countries, young...Read more
Human security and natural disasters
16 October 2017
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Christelle Cazabat, Research Analyst at the Human Development Report Office, UNDP
The last few months have seen many natural disasters across the world, raising global attention on disaster risk reduction. In August, unusually heavy rainfalls flooded South Asia, killing over 1,200 people and displacing at least 2.5 million in...Read more
Can horizontal inequalities be overcome?
04 October 2017
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Frances Stewart, Professor Emeritus of Development Economics at the University of Oxford
Horizontal inequalities are inequalities between groups with different identities, like blacks and whites, women and men, Muslims and Hindus, or Hutus and Tutsis, among many examples. Such inequalities are unjust and resented. When severe, horizontal...Read more
Life does not end after 60 and neither should the data
29 September 2017
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Karoline Schmid, Chief of the Fertility and Family Planning Section of the UNDESA Population Division
Our world is rapidly ageing. By 2050, our planet will be home to twice as many people aged 60 or more than there are today. At the same time, the population aged 80 or more will triple in size, according to UN Division for Economic and Social Affairs...Read more
Lessons from the success of human development
26 September 2017
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Robert Berg, Chair of the Alliance for Peacebuilding and a Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center
Earlier this month I spoke at an event to launch a new book - “Human Development and Global Institutions: Evolution, Impact, Reform” - by Richard Ponzio and Arunabha Ghosh (Routledge, London). It provided a welcome opportunity to reflect on the role...Read more
Counting what counts in development
25 September 2017
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Selim Jahan, Director of the Human Development Report Office, UNDP
To most people, “development” is best measured by the quantity of change – like gains in average income, life expectancy, or years spent in school. The Human Development Index (HDI), a composite measure...Read more
Mental health: A fundamental component of human development
24 September 2017
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Christina Lengfelder, Research Analyst at the Human Development Report Office, UNDP
Mental health issues are a serious concern, and an area that is enormously underrecognized. Globally at least 800,000 people commit suicide each year: one suicide every 40...Read more
The changing face of civil participation in the digital age
15 September 2017
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Christelle Cazabat, Research Analyst at the Human Development Report Office, UNDP
This year’s International Day of Democracy calls for more inclusive institutions and civic participation to promote peace and stability. This focus is very much aligned with the 2016 Human Development...Read more
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