This paper explores ways of enlarging the measurement and understanding of Human Development (HD) beyond the relatively reductionist Human Development Index. From the extensive literature on well-being, we derived eleven categories of HD. Within each category, we then identified a potential set...

Human Development has been advocated as the prime development goal since 1990, when the publication of the first UNDP Human Development Report proposed that development should improve the lives people lead in multiple dimensions instead of primarily pursuing economic growth. This approach forms...

In dem Artikel wird ein Modell des wechselseitigen Kausalzusammenhangs zwischen Wirtschaftswachstum und Human Development entwickelt und auf internationale Vergleiche und regionale Fallstudien aus Lateinamerika angewandt. (DSE/DÜI)

Este estudio explora los nexos recíprocos entre desarrollo humano y crecimiento en América Latina. El crecimiento promueve el desarrollo humano a medida que la base de recursos se amplía, en tanto que un mayor desarrollo humano genera más crecimiento a medida que una población más sana y...

This paper explores the links between economic growth and human development, identifying two chains, one from economic growth to human development, the other from human development to economic growth. The importance of various links in each chain are explored empirically with the help of...