Pioneering the Human Development Revolution: An Intellectual Biography of Mahbub ul Haq - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0195695135 ISBN 13: 9780195695137

Casa editrice: OUP India, 2008

Riassunto

An innovative thinking about the human condition, Mahbub ul Haq shaped the development philosophy of the world during the last four decades of the 20th century. This intellectual biography about the evolution and policy influence of Haq's thinking comprises essays by some of his intellectual partners and colleagues at various stages of his career.
The volume traces the evolution of Haq's ideas on the linkage of economic growth, people's well-being and poverty alleviation. It further evaluates the influence of his intellectual legacy on today's global development agenda.

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L'autore

Khadija Haq is the President, Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre, Islamabad; Richard Ponzio is Senior Policy Analyst, United Nations Development Programme

Contenuti

• Preface and Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1: From growth to growth with a social conscience: Haq as economic planner in Pakistan
• 2: Economic growth, poverty alleviation, and human dignity
• 3: Global development, poverty alleviation, and North-South relations
• 4: The advent of the Human Development Report
• 5: Mahbub ul Haqs Human Secrecy Vision: An unfettered dream?
• 6: Human development in South Asia
• 7: Successful transition towards a virtuous cycle of human development and economic growth: Country studies
• 8: The intellectual journey continues: Todays global agenda and the new frontiers of human development

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: OUP India
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0195695135
• ISBN 13: 9780195695137
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 282
• Redattore: Haq Khadija, Ponzio Richard