Short description
This work is based upon lectures and papers presented by the author in recent years. It stresses the importance of establishing a new international dialogue on topics central to human development, such as a peace agenda for the Third World.
Long description
This book is based on several talks and papers presented by the author in recent years. It is organized in two parts, the first dealing with an emerging development paradigm, and the second with the imperative for a new international dialogue in topics central to human development such as a peace agenda for the Third World.
Review
The UNDP team, under a Pakistani economic guru, offers the World Bankers some healthy competition. --The Economist
Mahbub ul Haq is the closest thing to a visionary that the UN system possesses. Cutting through the bureaucracy and conservatism of the UN Development Program, he has launched the Human Development Report, which annually criticizes both governments and agencies like the World Bank for their neglect of the key elements of human well-being--health, education and a decent living wage. --New Internationalist
One of the most appealing ideas is what Mahbub ul Haq, Special Adviser to the UNDP, describes a s a 'second birth' for the United Nations. Dr. Haq, the Human Development Report's formidable chief architect, wants the UN to act as a 'peace corps' not a 'police force', moving from its quasi-military role to become a super-development agency. He marshals some compelling reasons. --The London Times
The most promising (proposal at the Social Sumit) was the '20/20' plan conceived by Pakistan's Haq, in which donors would direct 20 percent of their foreign aid programs to meet basic human needs and receiving countries would commit 20 percent of their budgets to the same goal. --The Washington Post