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Mondi Recycling Outsourcing the Supply Chain
December 13, 2010, 12:00am PST
In the developing world, recycling is essentially driven by economic necessity, with the associated environmental benefits being a useful and positive by-product. The main incentive for recycling...
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Mobility And Human Development
April 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper argues that mobility and migration have always been an intrinsic part of human development. Migration can be considered as a fundamental capabilities-enhancing freedom itself. However,...
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Human Development Impacts Of Migration: South Africa Case Study
April 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Controls on human mobility and efforts to undermine them continue to shape South Africa's politics, economy, and society. Despite the need for improved policy responses to human mobility, reform...
Provided by United Nations Development Programme
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The Russian Migration Policy And Its Impact On Human Development: The Historical Perspective
April 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
For Russia, migration policy - in terms of internal or/and international migration flows management - was an ever-important element of the State activities. Concentrated on State interests, the...
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Managing Mobility For Human Development: The Growing Salience Of Mixed Migration
June 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper explores the connections between mixed migration and human development, understood as the expansion of capabilities and choice (Sen 1999). It first clarifies some of the key concepts in...
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Improving The Measurement Of Human Development
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The authors propose a new Human Development Index that involves a number of changes with respect to the present one, even though it keeps the basic structure of the index (namely, preserving...
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The Challenges Of Incorporating Empowerment Into The HDI: Some Lessons From Happiness Economics And Quality Of Life Research
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper reviews what the authors know about measuring quality of life, based on extensive work with happiness surveys in Latin America, and how that accumulated knowledge can inform the debate...
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Hope In Hard Times: Women's Empowerment And Human Development
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper addresses the conceptual and methodological issues related to women's empowerment, the trends in women's empowerment over the last 20 years in key areas such as education, health,...
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A Review of Conceptual And Measurement Innovations In National And Regional Human Development Reports, 1998-2009
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper presents the results from an analysis of sub-national, national and regional human development reports nominated for the Human Development Awards between 1998 and 2009 to highlight...
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A Review of Conceptual And Measurement Innovations In National And Regional Human Development Reports, 1998-2009
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper presents the results from an analysis of sub-national, national and regional human development reports nominated for the Human Development Awards between 1998 and 2009 to highlight...
Provided by United Nations Development Programme
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White Papers
Hope In Hard Times: Women's Empowerment And Human Development
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper addresses the conceptual and methodological issues related to women's empowerment, the trends in women's empowerment over the last 20 years in key areas such as education, health,...
Provided by United Nations Development Programme
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White Papers
The Challenges Of Incorporating Empowerment Into The HDI: Some Lessons From Happiness Economics And Quality Of Life Research
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper reviews what the authors know about measuring quality of life, based on extensive work with happiness surveys in Latin America, and how that accumulated knowledge can inform the debate...
Provided by United Nations Development Programme
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White Papers
Improving The Measurement Of Human Development
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The authors propose a new Human Development Index that involves a number of changes with respect to the present one, even though it keeps the basic structure of the index (namely, preserving...
Provided by United Nations Development Programme
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White Papers
Managing Mobility For Human Development: The Growing Salience Of Mixed Migration
June 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper explores the connections between mixed migration and human development, understood as the expansion of capabilities and choice (Sen 1999). It first clarifies some of the key concepts in...
Provided by United Nations Development Programme
-
White Papers
The Russian Migration Policy And Its Impact On Human Development: The Historical Perspective
April 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
For Russia, migration policy - in terms of internal or/and international migration flows management - was an ever-important element of the State activities. Concentrated on State interests, the...
Provided by United Nations Development Programme
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White Papers
Human Development Impacts Of Migration: South Africa Case Study
April 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Controls on human mobility and efforts to undermine them continue to shape South Africa's politics, economy, and society. Despite the need for improved policy responses to human mobility, reform...
Provided by United Nations Development Programme
-
White Papers
Mobility And Human Development
April 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper argues that mobility and migration have always been an intrinsic part of human development. Migration can be considered as a fundamental capabilities-enhancing freedom itself. However,...
Provided by United Nations Development Programme
-
White Papers
Mondi Recycling Outsourcing the Supply Chain
December 13, 2010, 12:00am PST
In the developing world, recycling is essentially driven by economic necessity, with the associated environmental benefits being a useful and positive by-product. The main incentive for recycling...
Provided by United Nations Development Programme
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