Human Development Report 2011 - by United Nations Development Programme (Paperback)

About the Book

Human Development Report is a reliable source and alternative perspective on critical issues for human development worldwide. Featuring the Human Development Index, this report presents agenda-setting data and analysis and calls international attention to issues and policy options that put people at the center of strategies to meet the challenges of development todayeconomic, social, political, and cultural. Migration, both within and beyond borders, has become an increasingly prominent theme in domestic and international debates, and is the topic of the 2009 Human Development Report (HDR09). The starting point is that the global distribution of capabilities is extraordinarily unequal, and that this is a major driver for movement of people. Migration can expand their choices in terms of incomes, accessing services and participation, for example but the opportunities open to people vary from those who are best endowed to those with limited skills and assets

Book Synopsis

The 2011 report reviews global patterns of progress and the impact of environmental degradation and social inequality on the world's poor, proposing a bold new approach to address the urgent, global problems of sustainability and equity.

About the Author

The UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME The UN's global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. They are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and their wide range of partners. Every year since 1990, the UNDP has commissioned the Human Development Report by an independent team of experts to explore major issues of global concern.