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"This publication notes that the most effective policies for supporting human development and reducing vulnerabilities are those that incorporate principles of universalism, by placing people at the centre of policy. Responding to life cycle and structural vulnerabilities through social investm...
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United Nations Development Programme,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"This publication notes that the most effective policies for supporting human development and reducing vulnerabilities are those that incorporate principles of universalism, by placing people at the centre of policy. Responding to life cycle and structural vulnerabilities through social investments and policy interventions deliver long-term benefits -- by reducing vulnerabilities at critical life phases and mitigating structural disadvantage faced by discriminated groups in society. Yet, the emerging challenges and risks posed by vulnerability given the backdrop of globalisation require a concerted approach -- and collective action that will measure up to the scale of these shared challenges. In building this argument this companion volume to the 2014 Human Development Report draws on research commissioned from eminent economists, demographers and social scientists."--Publisher website. |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 519 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9789211263848 (paperback) : 9211263840 |
| Index Number: | HC59 |
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X22 F114.41 F113 |
| Call Number: | F113/S128 |
| Contents: | Fostering sustainable human development : managing the macro risks of vulnerability / Inge Kaul -- Vulnerability traps and their effects on human development / Rehman Soghan -- The social value of employment and the redistributive imperative for development / Andrew M. Fischer -- Reducing vulnerability in critical life course phases by enhancing human capital / Samir KC, Wolfgang Lutz, Elke Loichinger, Raya Muttarak and Erich Strießnig -- Addressing and mitigating vulnerability across the life cycle : the case for investing in early childhood / Mary Eming Young, MD, DrPH -- Youth vulnerabilities in life course transitions / Abby Hardgrove, Kirrily Pells, Jo Boyden and Paul Dorna -- Life cycle transitions and vulnerabilities in old age : a review / Asghar Zaidi -- Evolution of thinking and research on human and personal security 1994-2013 / Des Gasper and Oscar A. Gómez -- Violence against women as 'relational' vulnerability : engendering the sustainable human development agenda / Naila Kabeer -- Trans-border vulnerabilities / Khalil Hamdani -- Improving global collective action in a connected world / Thomas Hale. |