E N S W - United Nations Development Programme
E N S W - United Nations Development Programme
E N S W - United Nations Development Programme
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Contents<br />
Foreword<br />
Acknowledgements<br />
iv<br />
vi<br />
Notes 125<br />
References 131<br />
Overview 1<br />
Introduction 11<br />
Chapter 1<br />
The state of human development 21<br />
Progress of nations 23<br />
Social integration 34<br />
Human security 38<br />
Chapter 2<br />
A more global South 43<br />
Rebalancing: a more global world, a more global South 43<br />
Impetus from human development 49<br />
Innovation and entrepreneurship in the South 54<br />
New forms of cooperation 56<br />
Sustaining progress in uncertain times 60<br />
Chapter 3<br />
Drivers of development transformation 63<br />
Driver 1: a proactive developmental state 66<br />
Driver 2: tapping of global markets 74<br />
Driver 3: determined social policy innovation 77<br />
Chapter 4<br />
Sustaining momentum 87<br />
Policy priorities for developing countries 87<br />
Modelling demography and education 97<br />
Impact of the rate of population ageing 100<br />
The need for ambitious policies 101<br />
Seizing the moment 102<br />
Chapter 5<br />
Governance and partnerships for a new era 105<br />
A new global view of public goods 106<br />
Better representation for the South 109<br />
Global civil society 110<br />
Towards coherent pluralism 112<br />
Responsible sovereignty 116<br />
New institutions, new mechanisms 117<br />
Conclusions: partners in a new era 119<br />
Statistical annex<br />
Readers guide 140<br />
Key to HDI countries and ranks, 2012 143<br />
Statistical tables<br />
1 Human <strong>Development</strong> Index and its components 144<br />
2 Human <strong>Development</strong> Index trends, 1980–2012 148<br />
3 Inequality-adjusted Human <strong>Development</strong> Index 152<br />
4 Gender Inequality Index 156<br />
5 Multidimensional Poverty Index 160<br />
6 Command over resources 162<br />
7 Health 166<br />
8 Education 170<br />
9 Social integration 174<br />
10 International trade flows of goods and services 178<br />
11 International capital flows and migration 182<br />
12 Innovation and technology 186<br />
13 Environment 190<br />
14 Population trends 194<br />
Regions 198<br />
Statistical references 199<br />
Technical appendix: explanatory note for projections exercise 200<br />
Boxes<br />
1.1 Fairness, macroeconomics and human development 22<br />
1.2 Short-term cuts have long-term consequences: rising fertility rates in Africa 22<br />
1.3 What is it like to be a human being 24<br />
1.4 Subjective indicators of well-being: increased acceptance in thinking and policy 28<br />
1.5 Inequality holds back human development 31<br />
1.6 Education quality: achievement on the <strong>Programme</strong> for International<br />
Student Assessment 33<br />
1.7 Social competencies: human development beyond the individual 36<br />
1.8 Poverty’s structural dimensions 37<br />
2.1 The South’s integration with the world economy and human development 44<br />
2.2 Acquisitions by the South of brands in the North 48<br />
2.3 Ties that bind: the mutual dependence of North and South 49<br />
2.4 Mobile phones and the Palapa Ring: connecting Indonesia 51<br />
2.5 Decent work in a competitive world 53<br />
2.6 Final assembly is about more than low wages 54<br />
2.7 Brazil, China and India at work in Zambia 57<br />
3.1 History and initial conditions matter, but they are not destiny 65<br />
3.2 What is a developmental state Need it be authoritarian 67<br />
3.3 Japan and triangular cooperation 68<br />
3.4 Investing in agriculture 69<br />
3.5 Eastern Europe and Central Asia: where North meets South 70<br />
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