
Safeguarding Human Progress
Reducing Vulnerabilities, Building Resilience
United Nations (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 30. August 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
534 pages
978-92-1-126384-8 (ISBN)
Description
This publication notes that the most effective policies for supporting human development and reducing vulnerabilities are those that incorporate principles of universalism, by placing people at the centre of policy. Responding to life cycle and structural vulnerabilities through social investments and policy interventions deliver long-term benefits - by reducing vulnerabilities at critical life phases and mitigating structural disadvantage faced by discriminated groups in society. Yet, the emerging challenges and risks posed by vulnerability given the backdrop of globalisation require a concerted approach - and collective action that will measure up to the scale of these shared challenges. In building this argument, this companion volume to the 2014 Human Development Report, draws on research commissioned from eminent economists, demographers and social scientists.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
743 gr
ISBN-13
978-92-1-126384-8 (9789211263848)
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