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Human Development Research Paper Series |
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The young people of the world have produced a Youth Booklet that includes drawings, poems and human stories on climate change and development, entirely made by and for young people! |
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Water Rights and Wrongs |
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HDR Timeline |
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Ideas, Innovation, Impact |
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The journal publishes original work that expands concepts and measurement tools for human development and the capabilities approach, and that challenges traditional views of economics. |
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Reflections on Human Development |
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An Introduction to the Human Development and Capability Approach |
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Handbook of Human Development |
For more introductory information on Human Development, please see:
Griffin, Keith and Terry McKinley. (1992) "Towards a Human Development Strategy". Human Development Report Occasional Papers.
Haq, Mahbub ul. (1992) "Human Development in a Changing World". Human Development Report Occasional Papers.
Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko. (2003) "The Human Development Paradigm: Operationalizing Sen's Ideas on Capabilities" in Feminist Economics 9(2-3), 2003, 3001-317.
Sen, Amartya. (1999) Development as Freedom. New York: Anchor Books.
Streeten, Paul. (1992) "Global Governance for Human Development". Human Development Report Occasional Papers.
Human Development and Capability Association - an association that promotes research from many disciplines on problems related to impoverishment, justice, and well-being
Website: www.capabilityapproach.com
Complete bibliography of published works on human development and the capabilities approach.
For more resources, visit the NHDR Workspace HD Training Materials.
These documents contain a wide range of documented Human Development courses and trainings that occur both within and outside of university settings worldwide. Courses are offered on all continents.
This website will also be host to an online Human Development Journey course, available to the public free of charge.
For UNDP staff only, two Human Development courses exist in the Learning Management System (LMS). Registration is done through the UNDP LMS system.