Reflections on human development : how the focus of development economics shifted from national income accounting to people-centred policies, told by one of the chief architects of the new paradigm / Mahbub ul Haq.

By: Haq, Mahbub ul, 1934-1998 Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c1995. Description: xix, 252 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 0195101936 (pbk. : acidfree paper); 019510191X (acidfree paper)Subject(s): Quality of life | Basic needs | Human rights | Human services | Sustainable developmentDDC classification: 306.3 LOC classification: HN25 | .H364 1995Online resources: Publisher description | WorldCat details

Contents:

TOC Foreword / Paul Streeten -- pt. I. Towards a New Development Paradigm. 1. The Missing People in Development Planning. 2. The Human Development Paradigm. 3. The Advent of the Human Development Report. 4. The Birth of the Human Development Index. 5. The Design of a Political Freedom Index. 6. A Framework for Sustainable Development. 7. Human Development Strategies in South Asia. 8. Human Development Potential in the Islamic World -- pt. II. Towards a New International Dialogue. 9. New Imperatives of Human Security. 10. What Happened to the Peace Dividend? 11. A New Framework of Development Cooperation. 12. The Myth of the Friendly Markets. 13. Policy Direction of the World Bank. 14. Bretton Woods Institutions in Global Governance. 15. A New 20:20 Global Compact for Basic Social Services. 16. An Economic Security Council. 17. A New Global vision -- Statistical Annex: Human Development Profile of Nations.

Summary: This book is based on several talks and papers presented by the author in recent years. It is organized in two parts, the first dealing with an emerging development paradigm, and the second with the imperative for a new international dialogue in topics central to human development such as a peace agenda for the Third World.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Non-fiction	306.3 HAR 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan		1674
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-252).

TOC Foreword / Paul Streeten --
pt. I. Towards a New Development Paradigm. 1. The Missing People in Development Planning. 2. The Human Development Paradigm. 3. The Advent of the Human Development Report. 4. The Birth of the Human Development Index. 5. The Design of a Political Freedom Index. 6. A Framework for Sustainable Development. 7. Human Development Strategies in South Asia. 8. Human Development Potential in the Islamic World --
pt. II. Towards a New International Dialogue. 9. New Imperatives of Human Security. 10. What Happened to the Peace Dividend? 11. A New Framework of Development Cooperation. 12. The Myth of the Friendly Markets. 13. Policy Direction of the World Bank. 14. Bretton Woods Institutions in Global Governance. 15. A New 20:20 Global Compact for Basic Social Services. 16. An Economic Security Council. 17. A New Global vision --
Statistical Annex: Human Development Profile of Nations.

This book is based on several talks and papers presented by the author in recent years. It is organized in two parts, the first dealing with an emerging development paradigm, and the second with the imperative for a new international dialogue in topics central to human development such as a peace agenda for the Third World.

Sagar Shahanawaz

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