Arab human development report 2009 : challenges to human security in the Arab countries /

In Arab countries, a widespread lack of human security undermines human development, according to the Arab Human Development Report 2009: Challenges to Human Security in the Arab Countries. This report is prepared by independent scholars drawn from the region. The report argues that human security i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: United Nations Development Programme. Regional Bureau for Arab States
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : United Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Arab States, ©2009.
Subjects:
National security > Arab countries.
Quality of life > Arab countries.
Qualité de la vie > États arabes.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
Economic history
National security
Quality of life
Social conditions
Arab countries > Social conditions.
Arab countries > Economic conditions.
États arabes > Conditions sociales.
États arabes > Conditions économiques.
Arab countries
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The report in brief
  • 1. Applying the concept of human security in the Arab countries
  • 2. The environment, resource pressures and human security in the Arab countries
  • 3. The Arab state and human security: performance and prospects
  • 4. The personal insecurity of vulnerable groups
  • 5. Challenges to economic security
  • 6. Hunger, nutrition and human security
  • 7. Approaching health through human security: a road not taken
  • 8. Occupation, military intervention and human insecurity
  • 9. Concluding reflections.

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