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Global Governance and Human Development: Promoting Democratic Accountability and Institutional Experimentation
Jayadev, Arjun - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
This paper seeks to critically examine recent debates on global governance, albeit from a human development perspective. In doing so it identifies and describes two important principles for building institutions for the advancing of human development: what may be termed the imperative of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008504426
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A Hypothetical Cohort Model of Human Development
Asher, Jana; Osborne Daponte, Beth - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
This research provides a model of growth of the human development index (HDI) by examining past changes and levels of HDI and creates four ÒcohortsÓ of countries. Using a hypothetical cohort approach reveals a model of HDI growth. Generalized Estimating Equations are used to determine the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008673312
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Determinants of Human Development: Insights from State-Dependent Panel Models
Binder, Michael; Georgiadis, Georgios - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
In this paper, we study economic development in a panel of 84 countries from 1970 to 2005. We focus on characterizing heterogeneities in the development effects of macroeconomic policies and on comparing the development process as measured by GDP to that measured by the Human Development Index...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008673314
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Internal Migration, Selection Bias and Human Development: Evidence from Indonesia and Mexico
Deb, Partha; Seck, Papa - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009
migration on a broad range of variables that include socio economic outcomes such as consumption, nutrition, health status and … emotional well-being for adult household members and health and schooling outcomes for children. We find consistent results for …-economic status through increases in income or consumption but can also be detrimental to the health status and emotional well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008507006
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Migration and Human Development in India
Deshingkar, Priya; Akter, Shaheen - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009
strategies and economic growth in India, have led to inaccurate policy prescriptions and a lack of political commitment to … circular migrants in India contributing 10% to the national GDP. New vulnerabilities created by the economic recession are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506997
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Xenophobia, International Migration and Human Development
Crush, Jonathan; Ramachandran, Sujata - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009
xenophobia witnessed in recent times in five countries including South Africa, India, Malaysia, Libya, and Thailand. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008507010
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Capitalism, the state, and the underlying drivers of human development
Walton, Michael - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
What are the underlying drivers of human development? This essay argues that long-term human development, in incomes, social conditions, security and so on, is fundamentally driven by capitalist dynamics and state functioning. The big issue is not state versus market, or growth versus equity, or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008504423
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Human Development in Africa
Kwasi Fosu, Augustin Kwasi Fosu and Germano Mwabu - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
unfavorable terms of trade and to persistent health and governance problems, among challenges. Nonetheless, despite this progress …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008471290
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Pursuing Clean Energy Equitably
Newell, Peter; Phillips, Jon; Mulvaney, Dustin - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2011
This paper explores the opportunities for a ‘just transition’ to low carbon and sustainable energy systems; one that addresses the current inequities in the distribution of energy benefits and their human and ecological costs. In order to prioritize policies that address energy poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010843564
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Measurement of Inequality In Human Development - A Review
Kovacevic, Milorad - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
It is widely accepted that country-averages of income, literacy, life expectancy and other indicators conceal widespread human deprivation and inequality. The measures of human development based on these indicators are also averages, and therefore mask disparities in the overall population....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010843566