"Published for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals--how many countries are on track? -- Human Development Balance Sheet -- 1.1. state and progress of human development -- Trends in political participation and democracy around the world -- Millennium Development Goals: commitments and prospects -- Appendix 1.1. Gauging governance: measures of democracy and political and civil rights -- Chapter 2. Democratic governance for human development -- role of political freedom and participation in human development -- Democracy and human development -- Chapter 3. Deepening democracy by tackling democratic deficits -- Public accountability of democratic institutions -- Strengthening formal democratic institutions -- Promoting democratic politics to deepen democratic practice -- Deepening democracy for human development -- Chapter 4. Democratizing security to prevent conflict and build peace -- Securing peace and public accountability -- Core priorities for more democratic governance of the security sector -- Democratic peacebuilding in wartorn societies -- Democratizing security in a fragmented world -- Chapter 5. Deepening democracy at the global level -- Pluralism and global democracy: the role of civil society campaigns and multistakeholder processes -- Building more democratic international institutions -- Deepening democracy--global and national imperatives -- sanctity of human life / Bono -- Human development and human dignity / Aung San Suu Kyi -- world's future belongs to democracy / Seyyed Mohammad Khatami -- Democratic governance in Africa / Abdoulaye Wade -- Eliminating landmines in wartorn societies / Jody Williams -- role of Jubilee 2000 in debt relief / Bono -- 1.1. Global inequality--grotesque levels, ambiguous trends -- 1.2. Poverty's relative -- 1.3. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals--country by country -- 1.4. National human development reports--innovations in national policy -- 2.1. Good governance--for what? -- 2.2. Human development--the concept is larger than the index -- 2.3. Key principles of democracy--the Inter-Parliamentary Union's Universal Declaration on Democracy -- 2.4. Democracy and economic growth--a review of the literature -- 3.1. Poor people, poor justice -- 3.2. Gender bias subverts legal process -- 3.3. Corporate influence on politics -- 3.4. Quotas make a difference in women's political participation -- 3.5. India's judiciary--independence and activism defending democratic institutions and practices -- 3.6. Judicial activism kept the flag of democracy flying--limply--in apartheid South Africa -- 3.7. role of independent oversight bodies: Mexico's Federal Election Commission -- 3.8. South Africa's Human Rights Commission--promoting democratic values and practices by investigating racism in the media -- 3.9. China's reform process--expanding participation and accountability -- 3.10. Watchdog media make democratic institutions work -- 3.11. Internet media--overcoming restrictions -- 3.12. Gender-responsive budget initiatives--an increasingly popular tool -- 3.13. Technology and the power of e-governance -- 3.14. Participatory democracy at work--drafting Thailand's new constitution -- 3.15. Costa Rica--citizens audit the quality of democracy -- 4.1. Who's who in the security sector -- 4.2. Old habits die hard--the long legacy of military rule -- 4.3. Principles of democratic governance in the security sector -- 4.4. Democracy and security sector reform: South Africa's experience in the 1990s -- 4.5. Higher regard for police through community policing -- 4.6. Building affordable, ethnically balanced security forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- 4.7. Reducing small arms through democratic peacebuilding -- 4.8. Clearing landmines requires civilian and community empowerment -- 4.9. Bringing women to the negotiating table -- 4.10. Building peace through truth commissions -- 4.11. Lessons for long-term peacebuilding in Afghanistan -- 5.1. Access to essential HIV/AIDS medicines--what made the campaign successful? From the campaign diary of CPTech -- 5.2. Making rape an act of genocide and a crime against humanity--the Rwanda tribunal -- 5.3. Should large dams be built? -- 5.4. Pressure from non-governmental organizations for corporate social responsibility -- 5.5. Revisiting the question of an Economic Security Council -- 5.6. United Nations or United Five? Reforming the UN Security Council -- 5.7. Biosafety Protocol--a model for inclusive global governance? -- 1.1. Most people can now vote in multiparty elections, 1999 -- 1.2. Worldwide, the number of people living on less than $1 a day barely changed in the 1990s -- 1.3. Maternal mortality is much higher in some regions -- 1.4. Exports and debt service dominate resource flows to and from developing countries -- A1.1. Subjective indicators of governance -- A1.2. Objective indicators of governance -- A1.3. Progress towards Millennium Development Goals -- 3.1. Falling membership in political parties -- 4.1. Who's guarding the guards? Countries experiencing armed interventions in the 1990s -- 4.2. During the 20th century democides were far more common under totalitarian and authoritarian rule -- 4.3. In the United States poor people are more likely to be victims of violent crime, 1999 -- 4.4. During 1996-2001 a few countries dominated global exports of conventional weapons -- 5.1. International NGOs grew quickly in the 1990s -- 5.2. Use of the veto has become rare on the UN Security Council -- 5.3. Vetoes on the UN Security Council apply to a small range of subjects, 1990-2001 -- 5.4. Africa lacks representatives at World Trade Organization headquarters -- 1.1. world is becoming more democratic -- 1.2. Ratification of human rights treaties -- 1.3. press becomes freer -- 1.4. Womens' participation lags everywhere -- 1.5. poorest have suffered the most from conflict -- 1.6. Countries on track to meet the Millennium Development Goals -- 1.7. Failing to grow out of poverty -- 1.8. Varying performance within regions -- 1.9. No automatic link between HDI and HPI-1 -- 1.10. Rich countries show little variation in HDI, but big differences in HPI -- 1.11. Global disparities in literacy -- 1.12. Global disparities in under-five mortality -- 1.13. Global disparities in life expectancy -- 1.14. Devastation from HIV/AIDS--life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa plummets -- 1.15. Carbon dioxide emissions originate disproportionately in high-income countries -- 1.16. Official development assistance must double to meet the Millennium Development Goals -- 1.17. Aid has decreased from most DAC member countries, 1990-2000 -- 2.1. Mutually reinforcing capabilities -- 2.2. Democracy is no obstacle to high income -- 2.3. Low income is no obstacle to democracy -- 2.4. Probability of regime change--higher income means greater stability -- 2.5. Democracy and human development--the links -- 2.6. South Africa's public health spending used to belie huge ethnic and regional disparities -- 2.7. Public health spending neglects poor people and favours the wealthy, while education spending shows even greater disparity -- 2.8. No automatic link between democracy and equity -- 2.9. No automatic link between democracy and human development -- 3.1. Inequality is worsening in many transition countries -- 3.2. Trust in institutions -- 3.3. Developing countries' spectacular media growth -- 3.4. Who owns the media? -- 3.5. Public service broadcasting's shifting focus from news to entertainment -- 5.1. Development funds increasingly flow through non-governmental organizations -- 5.2. Whose voice counts at the IMF and World Bank? -- 5.3. Women on the boards of directors of international financial institutions -- 5.4. Whose voices are heard in international negotiations? -- Features -- 1.1. Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals--how many countries are on track? -- 2. Countries and regions that have produced human development reports. Human Development Indicators: Note on statistics in the Human Development Report -- Monitoring human development: enlarging people's choices ... -- 1. Human development index -- 2. Human development index trends -- 3. Human and income poverty: developing countries -- 4. Human and income poverty: OECD, Central & Eastern Europe & CIS -- ... To lead a long and healthy life ... -- 5. Demographic trends -- 6. Commitment to health: access, services and resources -- 7. Leading global health crises and challenges -- 8. Survival: progress and setbacks -- ... To acquire knowledge ... -- 9. Commitment to education: public spending -- 10. Literacy and enrolment -- 11. Technology: diffusion and creation -- ... To have access to the resources needed for a decent standard of living ... -- 12. Economic performance -- 13. Inequality in income or consumption -- 14. structure of trade -- 15. Flows of aid from DAC member countries -- 16. Flows of aid, private capital and debt -- 17. Priorities in public spending -- 18. Unemployment in OECD countries -- ... While preserving it for future generations ... -- 19. Energy and the environment -- ... Protecting personal security ... -- 20. Refugees and armaments -- 21. Victims of crime -- ... And achieving equality for all women and men -- 22. Gender-related development index -- 23. Gender empowerment measure -- 24. Gender inequality in education -- 25. Gender inequality in economic activity -- 26. Gender, work burden and time allocation -- 27. Women's political participation -- Human and labour rights instruments -- 28. Status of major international human rights instruments -- 29. Status of fundamental labour rights conventions -- 30. Basic indicators for other un member countries -- 1. Calculating the human development indices -- 2. Assessing progress towards the Millennium Development Goals -- Classification of countries -- Countries and regions that have produced human development reports.
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