TY - BOOK TI - Reflections on human development: how the focus of development economics shifted from national income accounting to people-centred policies, told by one of the chief architects of the new paradigm AV - HN25 .H364 1995 PY - 1995///. CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Basic needs KW - Human rights KW - Human services KW - Quality of life KW - Sustainable development KW - Derechos civiles KW - Desarrollo sostenible KW - Necesidades bâasicas KW - Servicios humanos KW - Besoins fondamentaux KW - ram KW - Dâeveloppement âeconomique KW - Dâeveloppement durable KW - Droits de l'homme (droit international) KW - Droits de l'homme KW - Qualitâe de la vie KW - Services sociaux KW - Basisbehoeften KW - gtt KW - Duurzame ontwikkeling KW - Mensenrechten KW - Economic conditions KW - Related to KW - Sociology N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-252).; Foreword / Paul Streeten -- pt. I. Towards a New Development Paradigm. 1. The Missing People in Development Planning. 2. The Human Development Paradigm. 3. The Advent of the Human Development Report. 4. The Birth of the Human Development Index. 5. The Design of a Political Freedom Index. 6. A Framework for Sustainable Development. 7. Human Development Strategies in South Asia. 8. Human Development Potential in the Islamic World -- pt. II. Towards a New International Dialogue. 9. New Imperatives of Human Security. 10. What Happened to the Peace Dividend? 11. A New Framework of Development Cooperation. 12. The Myth of the Friendly Markets. 13. Policy Direction of the World Bank. 14. Bretton Woods Institutions in Global Governance. 15. A New 20:20 Global Compact for Basic Social Services. 16. An Economic Security Council. 17. A New Global vision -- Statistical Annex: Human Development Profile of Nations; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - Reflections on Human Development explores a new development paradigm whose central focus is human well-being. Increases in income are treated as essential means, but not as the end of development - and not as the sum total of human life. The book disc usses development policies and strategies that link economic growth with human lives in various societies. It also analyses the evolution of a new human development index as a far more comprehensive measure of socio-economic progress than the traditional measure of gross national product. For the first time, a political freedom index is presented, too UR - https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/32310875.html ER -