Human Development Report 2001 : Making New Technologies Work for Human Development by United Nations United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (2001, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100195218353

ISBN-139780195218350

eBay Product ID (ePID)1900526

Product Key Features

Number of Pages278 Pages

Publication NameHuman Development Report 2001 : Making New Technologies Work for Human Development

LanguageEnglish

SubjectLife Sciences / Developmental Biology, Development / Economic Development, General, Developmental / General

Publication Year2001

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Science, Psychology, Business & Economics

AuthorUnited Nations United Nations Development Programme (Undp)

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight28.2 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width10.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal338.9/005

SynopsisThe Human Development Report 2001 , commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is the latest annual installment in a series devoted to shifting the development debate away from a sole concern with economic growth toward a balanced concern for equity, sustainability, and empowerment. Now published in 13 languages, the Report features a wide variety of national development indicators for 162 countries including demographic trends, education levels, gender disparities, and macroeconomic indicators. The Report's Human Development Index now serves as a successful complement to GNP as a measure of overall development. This year's Report tackles the theme of how to make new technologies--such as information and communications technologies and biotech--work for human development. While the potential rewards are tremendous, access to these technologies is still deeply divided. Some 2 billion people do not even have access to the most basic medicines such as penicillin, and four-fifths of all Internet users are found in the world's richest countries. The Report examines some of today's controversial policy issues: the risks and benefits of genetically-modified "frankenfoods," "brain drain" of highly-educated workers from developing countries, patents and other intellectual property issues and much more. And it provides recommendations for national technology policy, international initiatives and fairer global rules that will make the network age an age of opportunity for all., The Human Development Report 2001, commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is the latest annual installment in a series devoted to shifting the development debate away from a sole concern with economic growth toward a balanced concern for equity, sustainability, and empowerment. Now published in 13 languages, the Report features a wide variety of national development indicators for 162 countries including demographic trends, education levels, gender disparities, and macroeconomic indicators. The Report's Human Development Index now serves as a successful complement to GNP as a measure of overall development. This year's Report tackles the theme of how to make new technologies--such as information and communications technologies and biotech--work for human development. While the potential rewards are tremendous, access to these technologies is still deeply divided. Some 2 billion people do not even have access to the most basic medicines such as penicillin, and four-fifths of all Internet users are found in the world's richest countries. The Report examines some of today's controversial policy issues: the risks and benefits of genetically-modified "frankenfoods," "brain drain" of highly-educated workers from developing countries, patents and other intellectual property issues and much more. And it provides recommendations for national technology policy, international initiatives and fairer global rules that will make the network age an age of opportunity for all.