Human Development Reports - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Presentations

In order to continue promoting the great work of lecturers and participants of past Oxford Courses on Human Development, we maintain these pages containing presentations, suggested readings and information concerning the contents of each course.

Topic 1: Conceptual Foundations of HD

• Human Development as an Alternative Paradigm Frances Stewart (QEH) (PDF) [155 KB]

• Capabilities and Human Development Sabina Alkire (Commission on Human Security, UN) (PDF) [39 KB]

• The Message of the HDRs , 1990 -2002 and an Agenda for the Future Sakiko Fukuda-Parr (UNDP) (PDF) [23 KB]

• Discussion on HDR 2002Ngaire Woods (University College, Oxford)

• Global assessment of NHDRs Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh (UNDP) (PDF) [30 KB]

Topic 2: Measuring HD

• Measurement of Human Development Mozaffar Qizilbash (University of East Anglia) (PDF) [287 KB]

• Panel on StatisticsSakiko Fukuda-Parr (UNDP) Richard Martini (DFID) (PDF) [24 KB]

Tom Griffen (UNDP)

Mozaffar Qizilbash (UEA)

Special Seminar - Amartya Sen

Measurement of Human Development: HDI and GDI

• Haishan Fu (UNDP) (Reading List) (PDF) [11 KB]

• Haishan Fu (Calculating the HDI) (Excel) [53 KB]

Indices Exercise: Computing the HDI

• Haishan Fu (UNDP) (PDF) [5.634 KB]

Topic 3: Human Poverty

Human Poverty - Selim Jahan (UNDP)

• Approaches to Measuring poverty: Monetary and Capability Poverty Caterina Ruggeri-Laderchi (EU) (PDF) [353 KB]

• Measuring chronic poverty David Hulme (Chronic Poverty Research Centre) (PDF) [506 KB]

• Internet Resources Sheila Allcock (QEH) (PDF) [533 KB]

Topic 4: Selected Themes in a HD Perspective

• Human Rights and Human development Laurence Whitehead (Nuffield College, Oxford) (PDF) [58 KB]

• Kate Raworth (Oxfam) (PDF) [295 KB]

• Gender and Human Development Diane Elson (University of Essex) (PDF) [1.015 KB]

• Human Development and Economic Growth Frances Stewart (QEH) 2 (PDF) [46 KB]

• The Environment , Sustainability and Human Development Philip Dobie (UNDP) (PDF) [279 KB]

Topic 5: Threats to HD

• Conflict and Human development Frances Stewart (QEH) 3 (PDF) [832 KB]

• HIV/AIDs and Human Development Hakan Bjorkman (UNDP) (PDF) [1.271 KB]

Topic 6: HD and Globalization

• Globalisation and Inequality - Kevin Watkins (Oxfam)

• Financial Instability and its impact on Human Development Valpy Fitzgerald (QEH) (PDF) [31 KB]

• Technology and Globalisation Sanjaya Lall (QEH) (PDF) [5.606 KB]

• A look to the future

• What is Happening to Human Development in the Current Environment? Omar Noman (UNDP) Ann Pettifor (Jubilee Plus) (PDF) [897 KB]

• Roger Wilson (DFID) (PDF) [25 KB]

• Special Seminar - Mark Malloch Brown

• Powerpoint Class Katherine Craddock (OUCS) (PDF) [826 KB]

Assignments

• Conflict - Afghanistan
• Gender - Yemen and Senegal (PDF) [62 KB]
• Governance - Tajikistan 1 (PDF) [33 KB]
• Governance - Tajikistan 2 (PDF) [128 KB]
• Governance - Costa Rica (PDF) [145 KB]

• Globalization - Chile and Bangladesh

• Poverty - Argentina and Malawi (PDF) [33 KB]

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