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Political Capabilities for Human Development The aim of the Report 2002 is to evaluate the state of human development at the dawn of the new century and to show how the options for advancing in this development depend, to a large extent, on the political capabilities of Bolivian society and the nation’s actors of development. This analysis is based on two approaches in the Report. First, the current state and socioeconomic perspectives of human development are evaluated. The Report shows unequal rates of progress in the areas of ... Bolivia - 2002 |
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Governance for Human Development A Major Challenge for Sustainable Human Development in Haiti Haiti's first NHDR demonstrates that the Human Development situation in the country has significantly improved over the last 15 years, especially in terms of health and education. However, this situation is not sustainable as the economic growth rate remains very low and relies heavily on transfers from abroad. The Report also takes stock of progress made in governance, highlighting the greater freedom of the press and the investment of tax revenues in education. The Report finally compares t... Haiti - 2002 |
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Por Una Democracia Incluyente The 2002 NHDR serves as a follow up to the previous analyses of the five pillars of human development by focusing on the political dimension of development. Its aim is to identify the principal challenges, advances and shortcomings of the democratic process in Honduras. Recognizing that democracy does not automatically translate into human development, it addresses the question of how and in which respect, in Honduras, it has served to generate an appropriate environment for human development... Honduras - 2002 |
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Regional development and the challenges of decentralisation The selection of this theme indicates the will of the UNDP in Benin to contribute to the debate on decentralization in the country, which has been on-going for some years. It also denotes the need, after forty years of independence, to step back and make an assessment of development policies, stressing both failures and successes. Reflections on the development of African countries indicate that the outcomes of most development policies and programmes implemented since de-colonization in the ... Benin - 2001 |
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Governance, Poverty and Social Capital The theme of the report is the decline of governance in the Comoros Island. The report finds that the island needs to adopt ‘good governance’ at local, regional and national levels and demonstrates the link between the economic situation confronting Comoros and the current political and social crisis. Comoros - 2001 |
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Governance and Human Development The Senegal NHDR 2001 looks at the impact of governance on human development. In 2000 the first fully transparent elections were held in Senegal, testing the democratic capabilities of the state institutions, the press, civil society organizations and the public. The report gives a thorough analysis of the governance of Senegalese institutions, economic processes and social policies. The report argues that human development is not simply a result of economic processes; it also depends on t... Senegal - 2001 |
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Human Rights and Governance The report focuses on reconstructing and developing effective and participatory forms of governance, the reestablishment of a strong economy based on increased trade and better safeguards against the vulnerabilities of the international trading system and restoring judicial systems in the country which embrace human rights - reconciling traditional concepts with modern democratic ideals. Somalia - 2001 |
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The role of Civil Society on Human Development The second human development report deals with the civil society as a specific theme since it overlaps with most dimensions of human development. Civil society is indeed considered one of the indications that denote democratic transformation and the renewal of economic polices towards the market system and the adoption of partnership in development between the state, the civil society and the private sector. The civil society also reflects the mobility of the society in the context of a socie... Yemen - 2001 |
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Poverty Reduction and Governance The Nepal Human Development Report 2001 explores the twin concerns of Poverty Reduction and Governance through the lens of human development. The Report finds that although public policy in Nepal takes human development as its overarching goal, the country's citizens continue to suffer from low life expectancy, low literacy and living conditions that deny them dignity. In short, Nepal's levels of human development remain among the lowest in the world. Poverty perpetuates itself because of ... Nepal - 2001 |
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Citizen Participation in Governance: from Individuals to Citizens This edition of the NHDR for Bulgaria is the last in a series of reports focused on the different levels of government in the country and their interaction with each other. The 2001 report is dedicated to citizen participation in governance and the transition from individuals to citizens. A key finding of the report is that the willingness of citizens to participate in the country’s governance is much greater than their actual participation would indicate. The report offers a detaile... Bulgaria - 2001 |
