Human development report 2014 : sustaining human progress- reducing vulnerability and building resilience /

More than 200 million people a year, most of them in developing countries, are affected by natural disasters. The number of people displaced by conflict or persecution--45 million by the end of 2012--is the highest in 18 years. Economic setbacks threaten to undermine social gains even in advanced in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Malik, Khalid, 1952- (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: United Nations Development Programme. Human Development Report Office
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : United Nations Development Programme, 2014.
Temas:
Economic development.
Economic development > Social aspects.
Economic policy.
Social policy.
Quality of life.
Electronic books.
Public Policy
Quality of Life
Développement économique.
Politique économique.
Politique sociale.
Qualité de la vie.
Livres numériques.
economic development.
public policy.
quality of life.
e-books.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Economic development
Economic development > Social aspects
Economic policy
Quality of life
Social policy
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ch. 1 Vulnerability and human development
  • A human development perspective
  • Vulnerable people, vulnerable world
  • Choices and capabilities
  • Policies and collective action
  • ch. 2 State of human development
  • Progress of people
  • Global threats to human development
  • ch. 3 Vulnerable people, vulnerable world
  • Life capabilities and life cycle vulnerabilities---interdependent and cumulative
  • Structural vulnerabilities
  • Group violence and insecure lives
  • ch. 4 Building resilience: expanded freedoms, protected choices
  • Universal provision of basic social services
  • Addressing life cycle vulnerabilities---timing matters
  • Promoting full employment
  • Strengthening social protection
  • Addressing societal inclusion
  • Upgrading capacities to prepare for and recover from crises
  • ch. 5 Deepening progress: global goods and collective action
  • Transnational vulnerabilities and common threads
  • Putting people first in a globalized world
  • Collective action for a more secure world
  • Notes
  • References
  • STATISTICAL ANNEX
  • Readers guide
  • Key to HDI countries and ranks, 2013
  • Statistical tables
  • 1. Human Development Index and its components
  • 2. Human Development Index trends, 1980--2013
  • 3. Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
  • 4. Gender Inequality Index
  • 5. Gender Development Index
  • 6. Multidimensional Poverty Index
  • 6A. Multidimensional Poverty Index: Changes over time (select countries)
  • 7. Health: children and youth
  • 8. Adult health and health expenditures
  • 9. Education
  • 10.Command over and allocation of resources
  • 11. Social competencies
  • 12. Personal insecurity
  • 13. International integration
  • 14. Environment
  • 15. Population trends
  • 16. Supplementary indicators: perceptions of well-being
  • Regions.

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