Within each country, there are significant disparities, gaps: among regions, between the sexes, between urban and rural areas and among ethnic groups. Operationalizing the Human Development requires some analysis of the distribution of Human Development itself. Can Human Development Index (HDI)...

This report contains proposals for a new framework for development cooperation. The Cold War is over and we have an opportunity to replace the ideological competition that dominated international relations for nearly half a century by a new ethos of solidarity and cooperation. The world is no...

Decentralization has been a popular theme in development thinking and practice for at least two decades. The interest here lies in the impact of decentralization of government expenditures and revenues upon human development. This survey explores the extensive literature on decentralization,...

In this paper we argue that the Keynesian vision is still valid, with the addition of some new issues, and that although the Keynesian growth system did not explicitly mention the human driving forces, it is yet capable of incorporating the present view of human-centred development without...