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Arab Human Development Report 2003 Building a Knowledge Society AHDR 2002 challenged the Arab world to overcome three cardinal obstacles to human development posed by widening gaps in freedom, women’s empowerment and knowledge across the region. Looking at international, regional and local developments affecting Arab countries since the report was issued confirms that those challenges remain critically pertinent and may have become even graver, especially in the area of freedom. Nowhere is this more apparent than the status of Arab knowledge at the ... Arab States - 2003 |
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Avoiding the Dependency Trap The Roma Human Development Report The Roma Human Development Report 2003 points out that four to five million people in the region endure living conditions close to those of sub-Saharan Africa in terms of illiteracy, infant mortality and malnutrition. The objective of the report is to foster debate and experience sharing on this issue, and merge development organizations' efforts to increase human development opportunities for the marginalized communities of the region. Eastern Europe & Central Asia - 2003 |
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Segundo Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano en Centroamerica y Panama Por medio de una amplia compilacion y analisis de datos, muchos de ellos ineditos, el informe traza un exhaustivo retrato de la diversidad en la Centroamerica contemporanea, que permite identificar prioridades especificas de politica publica. El informe muestra que la mitad de la poblacion centroamericana vive en condiciones de pobreza, y que esas condiciones son particularmente severas entre quienes habitan en el area rural y entre los ninos y las ninas. La principal conclusion del informe e... Latin America and the Caribbean - 2003 |
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Arab Human Development Report Creating Opportunities for Future Generations The first Arab States' Report acknowledges that Arab countries have made substantial progress over the past three decades. Life expectancy has increased by 15 years; mortality rates for children under five years of age have fallen by about two thirds; adult literacy has almost doubled, reflecting large increases in gross educational enrollments. Yet it is obvious that Arab countries have not developed as quickly as comparable nations in other regions. Indeed, more than half of Arab women are... Arab States - 2002 |
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Central America and Panama: The State of the Region The Report focuses on Sustainable Human Development in Central America. It gives a record of Central American countries' efforts to become a more united and integrated region, and increase its capacity to promote human development. The report assesses the progress made in deepening sustainable human development at the regional level and promoting integration as a means to reach this goal. It also gives an account of regional integration efforts in very diverse areas of human development and t... Latin America and the Caribbean - 2002 |
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Human Development Report for the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Building competitiveness in the face of vulnerability The first Human Development Report for the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) calls on the nine small island member states to build economic competitiveness and promote human development, in the face of vulnerabilities ranging from trade imbalances to hurricanes and volcanoes. The Report recommends OECS members to promote a more flexible and mobile labour force and focus on generating new jobs. It also advocates the creation of a knowledge-based economy, with a greater emphasis... Latin America and the Caribbean - 2002 |
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SADC Regional Human Development Report The Regional Human Development Reports serve as an advocacy tool to advance the development of a common approach to the national and regional dimensions of governance in the SADC Bloc. This report examines the state of human development in the SADC region and highlights common governance issues, as well as opportunities, challenges and threats to SADC regional co-operation and integration. The historical section presents a clear picture of the links between migration, the mining industry an... Africa - 2000 |
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The Human Cost of Transition Human Security in South East Europe The report finds that the countries of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe are paying a high cost for their transition to a market economy. This regional human development report finds that alcoholism, drug abuse and suicides have claimed the lives of 9.7 million adult males in these transition countries since 1990. The report, produced annually in 27 countries of this region, points to a different reality, one where economic growth through market driven policies were pursued to the ... Eastern Europe & Central Asia - 1999 |
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State of the Region in Human Development This first Report on Sustainable Human Development introduces a new monitoring system to follow-up and track progress in sustainable human development as well as regional integration. It must be emphasized that this offers less a "photography" of the reality than a selective documentation of development processes in Central America. The goal of this work is to contribute to identifying possibilities for common development action. As is underlined by the Advisory Committee, the under... Latin America and the Caribbean - 1999 |
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Governance and Human Development in Southern Africa The SADC HDR of 1998 is a milestone in the gathering and compilation of critical information in the Southern African Development Community. This report provides vital information on the region's performance in trying to improve the quality of life for the people of the region. The report shows that, although still being in difficult economic situations, most SADC countries have started reaping the fruits of economic reforms. However, the impact of these reforms has not yet reached the majorit... Africa - 1998 |
