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The Influence of the State on Sustainable Human Development

The report reviews the issues of social and economic reform, analyzes positive and negative trends in the development of the economy and considers the role of the state in managing the reforms.

Turkmenistan - 1998

Challenges for Sustainable Human Development: A Longer Term Perspective

The report explores in depth the status of human development in Botswana. The analysis, in a mutually re-enforcing manner, examines issues of: economic growth, income, employment and livelihoods, empowerment and advancement of women and basic education.

Botswana - 1997

General Human Development Report

Burundi's first national HDR covers human development issues ranging from poverty and employment to gender equality, environmental degradation, and governance. 90% of Burundi's population resides in rural areas and the country's Human Development Index for 1996 was 0.300, indicating a serious problem with the lack of progress in Burundi's human development. The Report takes a close look at the deteriorating human development situation within the context of the socio-economic crisis that the...

Burundi - 1997

Sustainable Social and Human Development

Malawi's report comprises nine separate essays written by different researchers. The theme for Malawi's first report is "Sustainable social and human development in Malawi: towards poverty alleviation"

Malawi - 1997

Sustainable Human Development
The Road Ahead

The Swaziland HDR gives a fairly comprehensive overview of the status of human development in the country, including a profile of income poverty. The report is also noteworthy for proposing poverty reduction as a central priority of the country’s national long-term perspective plan. The report concludes with a number of proposals that could be usefully expanded in future NHDRs in Swaziland.

Swaziland - 1997

A Profile of Sustainable Human Development in Lebanon

The report seeks to inform about the situation and issues involved in sustainable human development in the country. It emphasis on people as being the real wealth of a nation; its perception of human development as a process of broadening people’s choices, and enabling and equipping them to participate in decisions affecting their lives and well-being.

Lebanon - 1997

Sustainable Human Development

The 1997 Morocco NHDR is divided into four sections. The principal section is looking at the economic and population context of human development as well as the impact of globalization on human development in Morocco.

Morocco - 1997

Poverty Alleviation and Human Development

This report summarizes the history and current status of sustainable human development in China, focus attention on the outstanding challenges to be overcome, and make broad policy recommendations for tackling them. Special attention is given to the theme of poverty reduction, which was the annual theme of the 1997 global HDR. Because this is the first NHDR undertaken for China, it also tries to establish a baseline for future such efforts by discussing in some detail a wide spectrum of hu...

China - 1997

Sub-National Human Development Report

This Report analyses labour problems and their links with environmental damage, migration and municipal promotion of small and medium companies.

Argentina - 1997

Rural Communities in Transition

This fourth State of the Nation in Sustainable Human Development report considers Human Development in Costa Rica in very special times, focusing on the “Huetar Norte” region. It documents how different social, economic, political and institutional actors have contributed to the development of the country. Past successful formulas are not enough to confront old and new challenges, but new formulas are not going to be successful if they don’t have legitimacy. This report shows that the count...

Costa Rica - 1997