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The lack of political commitment, not of financial resources, is often the real cause of human neglect. This is the … argument for additional resources is that the existing funds are well spent. Just as economic growth is necessary for human … action. The 1990 Report argued that the developing countries have the resources to meet many of their development goals. This …
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Human rights and human development share a common vision and a common purpose—to secure, for every human being, freedom, well-being and dignity. Divided by the cold war, the rights agenda and development agenda followed parallel tracks. Now converging, their distinct strategies and traditions...
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important message of the Human Development Report 1997. The world has the resources and the know-how to create a poverty …
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resources nor the technological capabilities to act. What is missing is a sense of urgency, human solidarity and collective …
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Throughout history water has confronted humanity with some of its greatest challenges. Water is a source of life and a natural resource that sustains our environments and supports livelihoods – but it is also a source of risk and vulnerability. In the early 21st Century, prospects for human...
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The 1994 Report introduces a new concept of human security, which equates security with people rather than territories, with development rather than arms. It examines both the national and the global concerns of human security. The Report seeks to deal with these concerns through a new paradigm...
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The 2001 Report, like all previous Human Development Reports, is about people. It is about how people can create and use technology to improve their lives. It is also about forging new public policies to lead the revolutions in information and communications technology and biotechnology in the...
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Politics matter for human development. Reducing poverty depends as much on whether poor people have political power as on their opportunities for economic progress. Democracy has proven to be the system of governance most capable of mediating and preventing conflict and of securing and...
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for development with the financial resources, technology and capacity to end poverty or we could have a human development …
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Global markets, global technology, global ideas and global solidarity can enrich the lives of people everywhere. The challenge is to ensure that the benefits are shared equitably and that this increasing interdependence works for people—not just for profits. This year’s Report argues that...
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