Human Development in South Asia 1999: The Crisis of GovernanceMahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre Human Development in South Asia 1999 analyzes governance issues from the perspective of political, economic, social and civic dimensions, provides and in-depth analysis of the phenomenon of corruption, and advocates a concrete and realistic reform agenda necessary for promoting 'human governance' in the region. In this regard, the report introduces a new index that ranks countries based on their performance in the spheres of economic, political and civic governance. |
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Overview | 1 |
Chapter | 3 |
The State of Human Development | 11 |
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accountability activities allocation anti-corruption Asia's Balochistan Bangladesh basic Bhutan bribes budget bureaucrats capita cent of GDP citizens civic governance civil service civil society costs courts debt decentralization defence democracy democratic East Asian economic governance economic growth elections ensure female fiscal framework global human development Human Development Index human rights humane governance implementation income increased Index India India and Pakistan industrial institutions investment judiciary levels Mahbub ul Haq Maldives military million National sources Nepal NGOs nuclear officials parliament parties percentage policies political governance politicians poor population poverty priority private sector programmes public sector recent reforms region rent-seeking Report revenue role rural social sectors social services South Asia South Asian countries spending Sri Lanka structures subsidies Table Tamil Tamil Nadu trade transparency Transparency International UNDP UNICEF urban women World Bank World Bank 1999b