Human Development Report 1997

Name: Human Development Report 1997
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ISBN: 9780195119978

ISBN-10: 0195119975

ISBN-13: 9780195119978

Edition: 1997

Authors: United Nations United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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The Human Development Report, now in its eighth annual edition, continues its tradition of updating the unique Human Development Indicators comparing human development in most countries of the world, and the data tables on all aspects of human development. The 1997 edition focuses on the goal of eradicating extreme poverty in the early 21st century and views this goal as completely attainable, regarding it as a moral imperative to which almost all countries committed themselves at the World summit for Social Development in 1995. The foundation for the 20th century's accelerated progress in reducing poverty began with the start of the Industrial Revolution in Europe and North America. The…

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List price: $26.75
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/12/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 8.39" wide x 10.98" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English

OVERVIEW Human development to eradicate poverty CHAPTER ONE Poverty in the human development perspective: concept and measurement Defining poverty in the human development perspective Measurement of poverty and the human poverty index Glossary of poverty and human development CHAPTER TWO Progress and setbacks Human poverty -- progress and deprivation Income poverty The many disparities What the 1997 HDI reveals The changing face of poverty Successes and challenges in human poverty reduction in China and India CHAPTER THREE Resisting new forces of poverty in a changing world Vulnerability, assets and coping strategies New global pressures, creating and…