Readings in Human Development: Concepts, Measures and Policies for a Development ParadigmSakiko Fukuda-Parr, A. K. Shiva Kumar This volume brings together the collection of papers that have shaped the human development approach with its set of concepts, measurement tools and policy perspectives. The book is divided into three sections: ·conceptual foundations comprising classic papers by Sen, Haq, and Streetan ·measurement which discusses the methodology for constructing the human development index and other aspects such as political freedom, gender inequality and poverty ·policy explorations which includes a collection of articles from previous reports |
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