Cultural relativism, ‘good’ governance and sustainable human development

1995 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 125
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Cultural Relativism ◽  
Sustainable Human Development

Association between Governance and Human Development in South Asia

2016 ◽  
pp. 254-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arindam Laha
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Human Development ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
The State ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Sustainable Human Development ◽  
Catalytic Role

Good governance could play a catalytic role in creating an enabling working environment where the dream of sustainable human development can be fulfilled, whereas poor governance could erode individual capabilities to meet even the basic needs of sustenance for vulnerable sections of the population. Under this backdrop, this study attempts to explore empirically the association between the governance and human development in the context of South Asian countries. Broadly, a converging trend of both the indices of governance and human development across South Asian countries is noticeable with the passage of time. Moreover, substantial empirical evidences suggest that the state of governance and that of level of human development are positively correlated in the sense that countries having a better functioning of governance system are also the countries with relatively high levels of human development.

Triumph of the Human Spirit

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Market Efficiency ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Human History ◽  
Human Spirit ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
Models Of Development ◽  
Sustainable Human Development ◽  
The Future

This chapter is a transcript of Haq’s address to the North South Roundtable of 1992, where he identifies five critical challenges for the global economy for the future. If addressed properly, these can change the course of human history. He stresses on the need for redefining security to include security for people, not just of land or territories; to redefine the existing models of development to include ‘sustainable human development’; to find a more pragmatic balance between market efficiency and social compassion; to forge a new partnership between the North and the South to address issues of inequality; and the need to think on new patterns of governance for the next decade.

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