The 2013 Human Development Report – "The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World" – examines the profound … human development.China has already overtaken Japan as the world's second biggest economy while lifting hundreds of millions … shift in global dynamics driven by the fast-rising new powers of the developing world and its long-term implications for …

We introduce the revised version of the KOF Globalisation Index, a composite index measuring globalization for every … country in the world along the economic, social and political dimension. The original index was introduced by Dreher (2006 … along the different dimensions of globalization. We also disentangle trade and financial globalization within the economic …

debates, and is the topic of the 2009 Human Development Report (HDR09). The starting point is that the global distribution of … migration.There is a range of evidence about the positive impacts of migration on human development, through such avenues as … empower traditionally disadvantaged groups, in particular women. At the same time, risks to human development are also present …

well-being. The focus of analysis is on the indicators measuring the three dimensions of Human Development Index (HDI …Multidimensional assessment of human development is increasingly recognized as playing an important role in assessing … Sustainable Development. The study estimates the effects of public social spending on gross national income (GNI) per capita (in …

Overview of the 1992 Human Development Report. The 1992 Human Development Report is the third in an annual series … balance of payments crises -- it is people who matter. People must be at the centre of our development debate -- what really … development dialogue a step further and puts people in a global setting. Its central thesis is that the search for equitable …