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Readings in human development : Concepts, measures and policies for a development paradigm.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2003Description: 370p xxxiISBN:
  • 9780195664058
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.9 FUK FUK
Contents:
CONTENTS; Preface by Mark Malloch Brown ; Foreword by Amartya Sen; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Common Abbreviations; Introduction by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and A. K. Shiva Kumar Section 1: Conceptual foundations 1.1 Development as capability expansion Amartya Sen (1989) 1.2 The human development paradigm Mahbub ul Haq (1995) 1.3 Human capital and human capability Amartya Sen (1997) 1.4 The concept of human poverty Human Development Reports 1997) 1998 1.5 Human rights and human development Human Development Report 2000 1.6 Choices that shaped the Human Development Reports Inge Kaul (2002) 1.7 Shifting fashions in development dialogue Paul Streeten (2003) 1.8 Human development and neo-liberalism: paradigms compared Richard Jolly (2002) 1.9 Rescuing the human development concept from the HDI: reflections on a new agenda Sakiko Fukuda-Parr (2002) Section 2: Measurement 2.1 The birth of the human development index Mahbub ul Haq (1995) 2.2 Human development index: methodology and measurement Sudhir Anand and Amartya Sen (1994) 2.3 Evolution of the human development index Selim Jahan (2002) 2.4 Critiques of the human development index: a review Kate Raworth and David Stewart (2002) 2.5 Using the HDI for policy analysis Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Kate Raworth, and A. K. Shiva Kumar (2002) 2.6 Measuring political freedom Meghnad Desai (1994) 2.7 Gender inequality in human development: theories and measurement Sudhir Anand and Amartya Sen (1995) 2.8 Concepts of human development and poverty: a multidimensional perspective Sudhir Anand and Amartya Sen (1997) 2.9 A technical note: calculating the human development indices Human Development Report 2002 Section 3: Some policy explorations 3.1 Financing human development Human Development Report 1991 3.2 Valuing women's work Human Development Report 1995 3.3 Growth for human development? Human Development Report 1996 3.4 The politics of poverty eradication Human Development Report 1997 3.5 Unequal human impacts of environmental damage Human Development Report 1998 3.6 The mvisible heart - care and the global economy Human Development Report 1999 3.7 Inclusive democracy secures rights Human Development Report 2000 About the contributors
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CONTENTS;
Preface by Mark Malloch Brown ;
Foreword by Amartya Sen;
Acknowledgements;
Contributors;
Common Abbreviations;
Introduction by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and A. K. Shiva Kumar
Section 1: Conceptual foundations
1.1 Development as capability expansion
Amartya Sen (1989)
1.2 The human development paradigm
Mahbub ul Haq (1995)
1.3 Human capital and human capability
Amartya Sen (1997)
1.4 The concept of human poverty
Human Development Reports 1997) 1998
1.5 Human rights and human development
Human Development Report 2000
1.6 Choices that shaped the Human Development Reports
Inge Kaul (2002)
1.7 Shifting fashions in development dialogue
Paul Streeten (2003)
1.8 Human development and neo-liberalism: paradigms compared
Richard Jolly (2002)
1.9 Rescuing the human development concept from the HDI: reflections on a new agenda
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr (2002)
Section 2: Measurement
2.1 The birth of the human development index
Mahbub ul Haq (1995)
2.2 Human development index: methodology and measurement
Sudhir Anand and Amartya Sen (1994)
2.3 Evolution of the human development index
Selim Jahan (2002)
2.4 Critiques of the human development index: a review
Kate Raworth and David Stewart (2002)
2.5 Using the HDI for policy analysis
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Kate Raworth, and A. K. Shiva Kumar (2002)
2.6 Measuring political freedom
Meghnad Desai (1994)
2.7 Gender inequality in human development: theories and measurement
Sudhir Anand and Amartya Sen (1995)
2.8 Concepts of human development and poverty:
a multidimensional perspective
Sudhir Anand and Amartya Sen (1997)
2.9 A technical note: calculating the human development indices
Human Development Report 2002
Section 3: Some policy explorations
3.1 Financing human development
Human Development Report 1991
3.2 Valuing women's work
Human Development Report 1995
3.3 Growth for human development?
Human Development Report 1996
3.4 The politics of poverty eradication
Human Development Report 1997
3.5 Unequal human impacts of environmental damage
Human Development Report 1998
3.6 The mvisible heart - care and the global economy
Human Development Report 1999
3.7 Inclusive democracy secures rights
Human Development Report 2000
About the contributors