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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 />

viii | HUMAN DevELOPMENT REPORT 2013

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