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2 0 Years of Human Development Approach Doha, Qatar, 9-11 May

2 0 Years of Human Development Approach Doha, Qatar, 9-11 May. Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011. HDRs: Ahead of the curve. Concept and Measurement Financing Global Dimensions People’s Participation Human Security Gender

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2 0 Years of Human Development Approach Doha, Qatar, 9-11 May

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  1. 20 Years of Human Development ApproachDoha, Qatar, 9-11 May Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  2. HDRs: Ahead of the curve • Concept and Measurement • Financing • Global Dimensions • People’s Participation • Human Security • Gender • Economic Growth • Poverty • Consumption • Globalization • Human Rights • New technologies • Democracy • MDGs • Cultural Liberty • Aid, trade and security • Water • Climate Change • Human Mobility • Pathways to Human Development Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  3. Affirming human development: 20 years on “People are the real wealth of a nation.” 1990 Core of human development: sustainability, equity and empowerment 2010 Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  4. Affirming human development: 20 years on • Human development expandspeople’s freedoms to live long, healthy and creative lives on a sustainable basis. • Empowers people to engage actively in shaping equitable development processes – on a shared planet. • People are both the beneficiaries and drivers of human development, as individuals and in groups. Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  5. 40 years of progress Worldwide trends in the Human Development Index, 1970 - 2010 Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  6. 40 years of progress Worldwide trends in the Human Development Index, 1970 - 2010

  7. 40 years of progress Worldwide trends in the Human Development Index, 1970 - 2010

  8. 40 years of progress Worldwide trends in the Human Development Index, 1970 - 2010

  9. 40 years of progress Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  10. 40 years of progress Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  11. Diversity of paths Saudi Arabia Oman Tunisia China Congo Nepal Benin Djibouti Zambia Burundi DR Congo Zimbabwe Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  12. Understanding performance • Initial conditions explain only half of outcomes • Flow of ideas and technologies • Gender equity and accountability • Context matters • Tunisia: Education a policy focus • Oman and Saudi Arabia: Using oil wisely • Zambia: A perfect storm Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  13. A new lens on development success Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  14. Growth doesn’t always come with human development – even over 40 years Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  15. 40 years of progress Convergence in human development, but divergence in income Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  16. 40 years of progress Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  17. 40 years of progress Adult Literacy Enrollment of children

  18. 40 years of progress Health Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  19. 40 years of progress Living Standard Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  20. Beyond the HDI: Good things don’t always come together SUSTAINABILITY GENDER INEQUALITY Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  21. Lack of sustainability is arguably the greatest challenge to human development Worsening of key measures of sustainability, 1970-2006/8 Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  22. Innovative measures offer new insights • Refined HDI • New measures for assessing inequality and multiple dimensions of poverty, building on better data and advances in methods • Inequality adjusted HDI • Gender Inequality Index • Multidimensional Poverty Index Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  23. Innovative measures offer new insights Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  24. Over the past half century, we find: • Reaffirming human development • Steady, long-term advances for most, but not all, nations and groups in both education and health -- as well as important exceptions • New lens on trends & pathways • No general convergence in incomes; despite major growth surges in East Asia and India, very few countries have caught up • Lack of correlation between changes in income, and in health and education • Broad dimensions & innovative measures • New approaches to policy Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  25. Beyond 2010: Looking ahead • Policy • Take context seriously • Think principles first • Shift global policy and governance • Research • A new economics of human development • Incorporate broader dimensions of HD Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  26. The challenge of equitable and sustainable progress • Defining sustainable human development The preservation – and whenever possible expansion – of the substantive freedoms and capabilities of people today while undertaking reasonable efforts to avoid risks that would seriously compromise the capability of future generations to have similar – or greater – freedoms. Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  27. Why Equity and Sustainability? • Normative argument: • “It would be a gross violation of the universalist principle if we were to be obsessed about intergenerational equity without at the same time seizing the problem of intragenerational equity” (Anand and Sen, 2000) • Empirical argument: • “many problems of resource depletion and environmental stress arise from disparities in economic and political power. ...our inability to promote the common interest in sustainable development is often a product of the relative neglect of economic and social justice within and amongst nations”(Bruntlandt Commission, 1987) • Can we identify intersections that allow for mutually supportive policies? → Positive synergies Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

  28. Rethinking our development model • Which countries have been able to reduce inequality, improve HDI, and improve sustainability? • ‘Environmental’ deprivations are pervasive among the MPI poor • Environmental degradation threatens multiple aspects of wellbeing • Inequalities in gender can undermine environmentally sustainable outcomes • Integrating equity concerns into global environmental policy design Workshop on HD Approach and Measurement for the GCC States, Doha, 9-11 May, 2011

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