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Human Development Report Maharashtra Maharashtra's first HDR acknowledges the state's unique experience in human development, highlighting progress made in poverty eradication, education, health, employment and people's participation in local governance. While access to education and health care provision have become more comprehensive in accordance with national planning objectives, the influence of women in public life has also increased in recent years. Nonetheless, there are many new development challenges. To further homoge... India - 2002 |
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Human Development Report Rajasthan 2002 This first Report focuses on the interactions between sustainable livelihoods and human development in the context of globalization. The Report begins with a frank assessment of the human development status in the state. It addresses the issues of income and employment generation, poverty reduction and regional disparities, the provision of basic services, participation and development of human capabilities. The Report draws attention on the importance of ensuring sustainable livelihoods and ... India - 2002 |
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Philippines Human Development Report 2002 This year's Report focuses on "work and well-being" and addresses the issue of providing employment of quality. The Report aims at highlighting the relationships between growth, employment, poverty and human development. By choosing this theme, the Report underlines both the importance of work in achieving human development and the problem many Filipinos face in trying to reach a decent standard of living. Philippines - 2002 |
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Solomon Islands Human Development Report 2002 Building a Nation The Solomon Islands Human Development Report (SIHDR) 2002 is the first of its kind written and produced by Solomon Islanders themselves. The purpose of the Report is to contribute to discussion on the efforts of individuals, households, the private sector, government, civil society as well as development partners in providing opportunities for people in Solomon Islands to achieve satisfying lives. The report gives an overall view of the human development status of the country. In doing so it ... Solomon Islands - 2002 |
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Ukan rasik a'an - East Timor - the way ahead This is the first NHDR of the world's newest democracy. It gathers all-important qualitative and statistical data on the population' standard of living. The report finds that East Timor is the poorest nation in Asia: more than 40% of the population live on less than 55 cents per day, only 57% literate, life expectancy is as low as 57 years, and many young people are unskilled and unemployed. The Report contributes to the understanding of these challenges and helps map a route out of the cycl... Timor-Leste - 2002 |
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Societal Aspects of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Cambodia Cambodia has the highest HIV prevalence rate in Southeast Asia, but has made heartening progress in lowering that rate in recent years, according to the Cambodia Human Development Report 2001. The Report also finds that the rate of HIV infection among people ages 15 to 49 has declined steadily from 3.9 per cent in 1997 to 2.8 per cent last year, putting Cambodia on track to achieve the Millennium Development goal of halting and beginning to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015. However, d... Cambodia - 2001 |
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Sikkim Human Development Report The Sikkim HDR is the state’s first general HDR and as such, is an attempt to look at various overall and sectoral aspects of human development, as they relate to the development policies of the state. The challenges of human development in Sikkim are related to its demographic composition, harsh geographic conditions, the state’s sustainability within the union and the global environment. India - 2001 |
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Towards a New Consensus: Democracy and Human Development The report focuses on the interrelationships between human development, democracy and economic progress in Indonesia, in the wake of the East Asian financial crisis. The Report is an ambitious and innovative undertaking, posing a question that is very much on the agenda of policy-makers in Indonesia: How can Indonesia achieve steady progress in all indicators of human development as it restructures its economy, refashions its governance institutions, and devolves decision-making to regions a... Indonesia - 2001 |
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Advancing Rural Development Given that eighty percent of the population of Loa PDR are rural, the report argues that advancing development in the rural areas is crucial for Lao. The report takes an in-depth look at all aspects of rural society including the different types of agricultural systems, from wet rice paddies to uplands forestry and the impact of opium and unexploded ordnance on development. The report assesses the strengths and weaknesses of current government policies towards rural development and conclude... Lao PDR - 2001 |
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Challenges and Responses to Human Development The report focuses on the challenges and responses of the country in the sphere of human development. Given the particular geo-physical context of the Maldives, the country faces a set of unique challenges today. Five key areas are identified and discussed in the report: ensuring balanced development, enlarging employment possibilities, managing natural resources, establishing a responsive governance, and investing adequately in children. After having reviewed progress and setbacks, the repor... Maldives - 2001 |
