Human Development Report 1993 - Softcover

United Nations Development Programme

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195084578 ISBN 13: 9780195084573

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1993

Synopsis

Since its headline-making debut, the Human Development Report has become an essential resource for development specialists, economists, and political scientists around the world. While previous Human Development Reports focused on investment in people, the 1993 Report not only updates the findings of the earlier volumes, but shifts the focus towards the "other" side of human development--mobilizing and utilizing human potential. The Report surveys the instruments for enhancing and encouraging participatory patterns of development, including privatization and participatory market structures, vertical and horizontal decentralization of government functions, devolution of government powers, enterprise decentralization, involvement of NGOs and other grass-roots organizations, and empowerment of people. It probes the vital connections between employment and development, and offers a global framework for employment that takes into account the growing pressure for international migration. In addition, it examines links between human development and international markets for ucts, capital, and labor, and presents updated human development indicators for more than 160 countries.

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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations' global development network, is the largest multilateral source of development assistance in the world.

Review

"The best survey and description of aid and development issues--it must be read carefully by every member of the economic development academic community."--Ed Buscaglia, Washington College

"The Reports are a superb resource for anyone interested in development problems. They bring the focus of the debate to the critical issue--the human side."--Gale Summerfield, Monterey Institute of International Studies

"Hurrah for the consistent inclusion of women's issues and progress throughout the text!! It's about time that women's economic, not just social, status is addressed in the mainstream development literature."--Yana Rodgers, College of William and Mary

"By far the most comprehensive and detailed report of its kind on the market. It is simply the best!"--G.J. Buckley, Northern Arizona University

"I've adopted this book each of the last three years. Students find it very useful in writing their term papers. I consult this work more frequently than any other book I own, including the dictionary."--James McGuire, Wesleyan University

"Excellent source book and analysis."--P. Hipshen, Quinnipiac College

"A useful discussion of development issues, with useful statistical appendix."--N. Van de Walle, Michigan State University

"An excellent review of recent human development!"--Kishore G. Kulkarni, Metro State College of Denver

"An excellent reference for economics of development!"--Jin Wang, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

"Annual updates are invaluable for courses that concern themselves with changing dynamics of multilateral aid."--Anita Weiss, University of Oregon

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0195084578
• ISBN 13: 9780195084573
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240