; International Human Development Indicators …The study investigates disparities in social development in 144 countries worldwide. In the paper we aim to investigate … cross-country differences in social development level in year 2011, as well as to estimate inequalities on the field …

, largely because of data limitations. The Indices of Social Development, hosted by the International Institute of Social …This paper, using a new set of social development indices, explores the measurement of social development across Africa …, and how this relates to broader development patterns and measurement. Development practitioners worldwide increasingly …

its income and growth oriented vision of development. However, despite its affirmation of human flourishing as development … political mobilizations in development. We argue that they constitute a new type of social movements inspired by ‘hope’. That is …’ social movements, in that they question the existing relation between social movements and development, and intend to offer …