Fostering sustainable human development : managing the macro risks of vulnerability / Inge Kaul -- Vulnerability traps and their effects on human development / Rehman Soghan -- The social value of employment and the redistributive imperative for development / Andrew M. Fischer -- Reducing...

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

The South in the World Economy: Past, Present and Future / Deepak Nayyar -- The Challenge of the South / Khalil Hamdani -- Capabilities and Human Development: Beyond the Individual-- the Critical Role of Social Institutions and Social Competencies / Frances Stewart -- Demography and Human...

The gap between strong political commitment to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and slow progress towards meeting them is often attributed to weak “ownership” by developing country governments. This Working Paper addresses the issue of ownership by analysing the substance of 22...