It’s been 25 years since the first UNDP Human Development Report affirmed that income growth alone does not improve human wellbeing. How can the human-development approach be used to help policymakers tackle today's complex global challenges?
Jun 9, 2016 debunks the conventional wisdom that job creation prevents violent conflict.
Apr 5, 2016 calls for redistributive policies to enable countries to reduce poverty and inequality.
Mar 30, 2016 says that when it comes to economic growth and development, we should not confuse "what" and "how."
Jan 21, 2016 explains why 5.5 million kids remain in servitude – and what must be done to end the practice.
Dec 16, 2015 considers the skills that today's graduates need to cope with rapid technological change.
Dec 9, 2015 explains why the outlook is mixed for labor in developing countries.
China has begun to build a parallel international order, centered on itself. If the European Union aids in its construction – even just by positioning itself on the fault line between China and the United States – it risks toppling key pillars of its own edifice and, eventually, collapsing altogether.
Now that the old rules governing macroeconomic cycles no longer seem to apply, it remains to be seen what might cause the next recession in the United States. But if recent history is our guide, the biggest threat stems not from the US Federal Reserve or any one sector of the economy, but rather from the White House.
Amid much discussion of the challenges facing the Chinese economy, the line-up of usual suspects typically excludes the most worrying scenario of all: popular unrest. While skeptics would contend that widespread protest against the regime and its policies is unlikely, events elsewhere suggest that China is not immune.
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