HDR 1992 - Global Dimensions of Human Development

Undp
Additional contact information
Undp: Human Development Report Office (HDRO) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

in Human Development Report (1990 to present) from Human Development Report Office (HDRO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Abstract: The world has a unique opportunity to use global markets for the benefit of all nations and all people. The 2002 Report looks at the workings of these global markets - at how they meet, or fail to meet, the needs of the world's poorest people. The outcome of this task highlights a serious problem: the richest 20% of the population now receives 150 times the income of the poorest 20%. While supplementing the analysis of domestic policy issues, this Report attempts to place global markets in proper perspective. It suggests a two-pronged strategy to get out of the dilemma of equitable distribution. First, making massive investments in their people and strengthening national technological capacity can enable some developing countries to acquire a strong competitive edge in international markets (witness the East Asian industrializing tigers). Second there should be basic international reforms, including restructuring the Bretton Woods institutions, setting up setting up a Development Security council within the United Nations, and convening a World Summit on Social Development to consider a global compact for all nations and all people.

Keywords: human development; markets; growth; distribution; global equity; reform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A0 B4 C0 C5 D0 E0 F0 G0 H0 I0 J0 K0 L0 L3 O1 O2 O5 Q0 R0 Y1 Y8 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1992
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr1992/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hdr:report:hdr1992

Access Statistics for this book

More books in Human Development Report (1990 to present) from Human Development Report Office (HDRO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by HDRO/UNDP ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).