Reflections on Human Development (Oxford India Paperbacks) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195645987 ISBN 13: 9780195645989

Publisher: OUP India, 1999

Synopsis

This book is based on several talks and papers presented by the author. 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. The new edition includes a prologue on the human development profile of nations, especially those in South Asia in the late 1990s, and indicators for the turn of the century.

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Review

This remarkably honest, and somewhat provocative book provides a nice account of recent development thinking. (Kyklos)

From the Back Cover

Reflections on Human Development explores a new development paradigm whose central focus is human well-being. Increases in income are treated as essential means, but not as the end of development - and not as the sum total of human life. The book discusses development policies and strategies that link economic growth with human lives in various societies. It also analyses the evolution of a new human development index as a far more comprehensive measure of socio-economic progress than the traditional measure of gross national product. For the first time, a political freedom index is presented, too.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP India
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195645987
• ISBN 13: 9780195645989
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 324
• Editor: Haq Mahbub Ul