Reflections on Human Development: How the Focus of Development Economics Shifted from National Income Accounting to People-Centered Policies, Told by

by Mahbub ul Haq

This work explores a new development paradigm whose central focus is on human well-being. Increase in income is treated as an essential means, but not as the end of development, and certainly not as the sum of human life. Development policies and strategies are discussed which link economic growth with human lives in various societies. The book also analyzes the evolution of a new Human Development Index which is a far more comprehensive measure of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195101936
• ISBN13: 9780195101935
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"