Reflections on Human Development

by Haq, Mahbub Ul

• ISBN13: 9780195101935
• ISBN10: 0195101936
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-08-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This work explores a new development paradign whose central focus is onhuman well-being. Increase in income is treated as an essential means, but notas the end of development, and certainly not as the sum of human life.Development policies and strategies are discussed which link economic growthwith human lives in various societies. The book also analyzes the evolution of anew Human Development Index which is a far more comprehensive measure ofsocio-economic progress of nations than the traditional measure of GrossNational Product. For the first time, a Political Freedom Index is alsopresented.The book offers a new vision of human security for the twenty-first centurywhere real security is equated with security of people in their homes, theirjobs, their communities, and their environment. The book discusses many concreteproposals in this context, including a global compact to overcome the worstaspects of global poverty within a decade, key reforms in the Bretton Woodsinstitutions of World Bank and IMF, and establishment of a new Economic SecurityCouncil within the United Nations.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Towards a New Development Paradigm	p. 1
The Missing People in Development Planning	p. 3
The Human Development Paradigm	p. 13
The Advent of the Human Development Report	p. 24
The Birth of the Human Development Index	p. 46
The Design of a Political Freedom Index	p. 67
A Framework for Sustainable Development	p. 76
Human Development Strategies in South Asia	p. 93
Human Development Potential in the Islamic World	p. 105
Towards a New International Dialogue	p. 113
New Imperatives of Human Security	p. 115
What Happened to the Peace Dividend?	p. 126
A New Framework of Development Cooperation	p. 134
The Myth of the Friendly Markets	p. 140
Policy Direction of the World Bank	p. 147
Bretton Woods Institutions in Global Governance	p. 164
A New 20:20 Global Compact for Basic Social Services	p. 178
An Economic Security Council	p. 186
A New Global vision	p. 200
Statistical Annex: Human Development Profile of Nations	p. 205
Selected Bibliography	p. 237
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