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2013 Report

The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World is available for free downloading

Readings (insert texts in Intranet)

Conceptual Foundations of Human Development

General

UNDP. 1990. Human Development Report 1990. Oxford University Press: New York. Chapter 1

Streeten, Paul. 1999. ‘Components of a future development strategy: The importance of human development’.  Finance and Development 36(4). Washington.

Ranis, Gustav and Frances Stewart, ‘Strategies for success in human development’  Journal of Human Development, 1,1, 49-70, . 2000

Overview of the Human Development Reports

Sen, Amartya. 1999. ‘A decade of human development’.  Journal of Human Development Vol1(1). New York: Carfax Publishing.

UNDP. 2002. Human Development Report 2002. Oxford University Press: New York.

Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko. 2002. Rescuing the Human Development Concept from the HDI: Reflections on a New Agenda

Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko. 2002. Operationalising Amartya Sen’s ideas on capabilities, development, freedom and human rights – the shifting policy focus of the human development approach

Measuring Human Development

Anand, Sudhir and Amartya Sen. 1993. Human Development Index: Methodology and Measurement. Human Development Report Office Occasional Paper No. 12. UNDP, New York.

McGillivray, M. and H. White. 1993. 'Measuring Human Development, the UNDP's Human Development Index', Journal of International Development, Vol 5. No. 2.

UNDP. 2001. Human Development Report 2001. Oxford University Press: New York. Technical Note 1: Calculating the Human Development Indices

Human Poverty

Anand, Sudhir and Amartya K Sen. 1996. ‘Concepts of Human Development and Poverty: A Multidimensional Perspective’ in Human Development Papers 1997. UNDP, New York.

Hulme, David, Karen Moore and Andrew Shepherd. 2001. Chronic Poverty: Meanings and analytical frameworks. CPRC Working Paper 2.

Jahan, Selim. 2000. Measurements of Human Development: Seven Questions.

Jahan, Selim. 2000. Measuring Human Development: Evolution of the Human Development Index.

UNDP. 1997. Human Development Report 1997. Oxford University Press: New York. Overview

Selected Themes in a Human Development Perspective

Human Rights and Human Development

UNDP. 2000. Human Development Report 2000. Oxford University Press: New York. Chapter 1

Gender and Human Development

UNDP. 1995. Human Development Report 1995. Oxford University Press: New York. Overview

Elson, Diane and Nilufer Cagatay. 1999. Engendering Macroeconomic Policy and Budgets for Sustainable Development.  First Global Forum on Human Development, New York, 29-31 July.

Economic Growth and Human Development

Ranis, Gustav, Frances Stewart and Alejandro Ramirez. 2000. ‘Economic Growth and Human

DRAFT Thematic Reviews of NHDRs

NHDR Unit, HDRO, UNDP. 2002. Environment Thematic Review

NHDR Unit, HDRO, UNDP. 2002. Gender Thematic Review

NHDR Unit, HDRO, UNDP. 2002. HIV/AIDS Thematic Review

NHDR Unit, HDRO, UNDP. 2002. ICT Thematic Review

NHDR Unit, HDRO, UNDP. 2002. Poverty Thematic Review

Threats to Human Development

Environment and Sustainability

Anand, Sudhir and Amartya Sen. "Sustainable Human Development: Concepts and Priorities". Human Development Report Office Occasional Papers No. 8. UNDP, New York, 1993. Sections  1, 2 and 3.

HIV / AIDS

UNDP Botswana. 2000. National Human Development Report 2000. Chapter 1.

Conflict

Stewart, Frances. 2001. Horizontal Inequalities: A Neglected Dimension of Development. WIDER Annual Lectures 5.

Stewart, Frances, V. Fitzgerald et al.  2001. War and Underdevelopment Oxford University Press, Vol 1., Chapter One and Nine.

Human Development and Globalisation

Watkins, Kevin. 1997. Globalisation and liberalisation: Implications for poverty, distribution and inequality. Human Development Report Office Occasional Paper No. 32. UNDP, New York.

Fitzgerald, Valpy. 1999. The Security of International Finance. Queen Elizabeth House Working Paper Series 23.

UNDP. 1999. Human Development Report 1999. Oxford University Press: New York. Chapter 2


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