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Financing Human Development Lack of political commitment rather than financial resources is often the real cause of human neglect. This is the main conclusion of Human Development Report 1991 - the second in a series of annual reports on the subject. Global Reports - 1991 |
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Concept and Measurement of human development The Report addresses, as its main issue , the question of how economic growth translates - or fails to translate - into human development. The focus is on people and on how development enlarges their choices. The Report discusses the meaning and measurement of human development, proposing a new composite index. However, its overall orientation is practical and pragmatic. Global Reports - 1990 |
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Towards a Food Secure Future Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest prevalence of hunger in the world. Until this situation improves, the human development prospects of millions of Africans will remain at risk. UNDP’s first Africa Human Development Report shows that food security and human development reinforce each other. If African countries are to realize their long-term potential, the report says, they must boost agricultural productivity to both improve the availability of food and reduce poverty. Policies to e... Africa - 2012 |
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Sustaining human progress in a changing climate In the run-up to Rio+20, this Asia-Pacific Human Development Report takes a bold look at climate change and what can be done about it. Tackling head-on the issue of poverty reduction and human development, the Report argues that the option to grow now, clean up later no longer exists for developing countries. The Report reveals how the world's most dynamic region can prepare itself, produce and consume differently, build rural resilience and create cities for the future we want. Asia and the Pacific - 2012 |
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Human Development and the Shift to Better Citizen Security The Caribbean Human Development Report reviews the current state of crime as well as national and regional policies and programmes to address the problem in seven English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. The new study recommends that Caribbean governments implement youth crime prevention through education, as well as provide employment opportunities that target the marginalized urban poor. ... Latin America and the Caribbean - 2012 |
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Beyond Transition Towards Inclusive Societies The report looks at the vicious cycle of poverty from the perspective of those who experience it firsthand. The report presents findings from surveys in six countries and provides an overview of social exclusion in the region and recommended actions. The report also introduces a way to measure the extent to which people are excluded from economic life, social services, and social networks and civic participation. Eastern Europe & Central Asia - 2011 |
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Power, Voices and Rights A Turning Point for Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific The report focuses on the critical question of advancing gender equality, as seen through the prism of women’s unequal power, voice, and rights. Despite the region’s many economic gains, the Report chronicles how in many instances women across the region continue to be held back and disadvantaged. Even as many women have benefited from their countries’ improved education, health, and prosperity, they continue to face barriers to the same opportunities available to men. The... Asia and the Pacific - 2010 |
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Acting on the future Breaking the intergenerational transmission of inequality The Regional Human Development Report for Latin America and the Caribbean 2010 champions a new approach to understanding and tackling the prevailing inequality in terms of human development plaguing Latin American and Caribbean countries. The report is divided into six chapters, which explore the factors underpinning the persistence of inequality. Latin America and the Caribbean - 2010 |
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Challenges to Human Security in the Arab Countries In Arab countries, a widespread lack of human security undermines human development, according to the Arab Human Development Report 2009: Challenges to Human Security in the Arab Countries. This report is prepared by independent scholars drawn from the region. The report argues that human security is a prerequisite for human development, and that the widespread absence of human security in Arab countries undermines people’s options. Human security refers not only to questions of surviva... Arab States - 2009 |
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Abrir espacios para la seguridad ciudadana y el desarrollo humano La seguridad ciudadana se ha convertido en una de las principales preocupaciones de la población en América Latina y el Caribe y constituye un obstáculo objetivo para el desarrollo humano sostenible. Las personas y comunidades ven restringidas sus opciones reales de vida y de organización debido a las amenazas contra la seguridad personal y patrimonial, así como contra bienes públicos fundamentales. Este Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano para Amé... Latin America and the Caribbean - 2009, 2010 |
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