Human Development

2018 ◽  
pp. 749-763
Author(s):  
Richard Jolly
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
Development Work ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Global Organizations ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
The Imf

From its establishment, people and human development have been at the center of the UN’s development work, more clearly than at the World Bank and the IMF that have had a narrower economic focus. This chapter provides clear definitions of human development, drawing on UNDP’s Human Development Report, illustrating the approach with such issues as gender, human security, globalization, and human rights as well as the Human Development Index (HDI). A brief overview of the UN’s development leadership and operational work shows a wide field and is now focused on the SDGs (2016–2030) and formerly on the MDGs (2000–2015). UN expenditures are modest in comparison with funding for the World Bank and the IMF, but arguably more effective. There could be benefits in closer and more balanced collaboration between these global organizations, providing there is learning.

scholarly journals RELAÇÃO ENTRE OS INDICADORES DE GOVERNANÇA DOS PAÍSES E O ÍNDICE DE DESENVOLVIMENTO HUMANO

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Aguiar Filho ◽  
Marco Antônio Tomé ◽  
Adilson De Brito Farias ◽  
Celso Machado Machado Junior ◽  
Daielly Melina Nassif Mantovani Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Development Level ◽  
The World

O desenvolvimento humano dos países se trata de um tema em destaque que exige ações governamentais para a melhoria da qualidade de vida de seus cidadãos. O problema de dimensionar este desenvolvimento frente às ações de governo determina o objetivo de analisar a existência de correlação entre os indicadores de governança dos países calculados pelo Banco Mundial (WGI) com o índice de desenvolvimento humano calculado pela Organização das nações Unidas (IDH). Para investigar essa hipótese foram efetuadas análises de correlação entre o IDH e as seis dimensões de governança do WGI. Os resultados da pesquisa confirmam a existência de significativa correlação positiva entre o IDH e o WGI, estabelecendo assim o entendimento da complementariedade destes indicadores, e a possibilidade de sua utilização no estabelecimento de ações governamentais.Palavras-chave: Governança dos países. WGI. Desenvolvimento humano. IDH. Desenvolvimento sustentável.ABSTRACTThe human development level of the countries is a key issue that requires government actions to improve the quality of life of its citizens. The problem of dimensioning this development in relation to government actions determines the objective of analyzing the existence of a correlation between the indicators of governance of the countries calculated by the World Bank (WGI) and the human development index calculated by the United Nations (IDH). To investigate this hypothesis, correlation analyzes were performed between HDI and the six governance dimensions of WGI. The results of the research confirm the existence of a significant positive correlation between the HDI and the WGI, thus establishing the understanding of the complementarity of these indicators and the possibility of their use in the establishment of governmental actions.Keywords: Worldwide governance. WGI. Human development. HDI. Sustainable development.

scholarly journals Paradigma de desarrollo social y humano. Orígenes y pioneros.

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Urra
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Human Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Human Scale ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
International Labor ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations

Normalmente, se identifica el nacimiento del paradigma de desarrollo social y humano con el establecimiento del “Índice de Desarrollo Humano” de las Naciones Unidas en 1990 y con la obre de Max-Neef “El desarrollo a escala humana”, publicada en 1993. Es decir, se puede entender que el paradigma de desarrollo humano nace en la década de los noventa.Sin embargo, es importante reconocer los trabajos previos de Seers, Burnley, Naciones Unidas, la Organización Internacional del Trabajo, el Banco Mundial, Nerfin y Streeten, que prepararon el camino para que el paradigma del desarrollo social tuviera una base conceptual, filosófica, sociológica y política.------Normally, the birth of the paradigm of social and human development is identified with the establishment of the "Human Development Index" of the United Nations in 1990 and with the work of Max-Neef "Development on a human scale", published in 1993.However, it is important to recognize the previous works of Seers, Burnley, the United Nations, the International Labor Organization, the World Bank, Nerfin and Streeten, which paved the way for the paradigm of social development to have a conceptual, philosophical, sociological and political basis.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF THE WORLD BANK AND THE IMF IN THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS SPHERE

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Daryna Abbakumova
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Financial System ◽  
International Financial System ◽  
Legal Method ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
The International Monetary Fund ◽  
The Imf

The main purpose of the article is to provide legal analysis of the activities of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, as well as to clarify their role in the international financial system and the peculiarities of the correlation with the sphere of human rights. Methodology. To achieve the scientific objectivity of the results, the entire complex of general scientific and special research methods, which are widely used in the modern science of public international law and international economic law in particular, were used. Thus, the method of objectivity was used to determine the probability and completeness of the information that was used in the research process. The dialectical method was useful in studying the development of the organizational structure and powers of the World Bank and the IMF. The special legal method allowed analysing the provisions of the constituent documents of these international organizations, and system-structural – to determine their place in the international financial system. The comparative legal method has become useful in defining the features of supranationality of international organizations. The results of the study revealed that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund continue to occupy key positions in the international monetary and financial system, despite the fact that they were created in the middle of the last century. It has been found that in recent years, the World Bank and the IMF have somewhat changed their position in providing financial assistance to the states. Their position has become more rigid than the one they followed at the beginning of their activity. It is established that this is manifested, first of all, in the application of the principle of good governance, when considering the issue of the allocation of money. This principle, which became fundamental in the activity of these international financial institutions, helps to determine whether the government of the state is fair and honest enough for using the provided assistance for the right purposes, not for the corrupt schemes, and whether these funds would not be stolen by the government in the future. The main practical impact of such research is to identify the link between the functioning of the World Bank and the IMF, which are fully focused on monetary and financial operations, and such completely remote from them area as human rights. Clarification of the relationship between the activities of these financial institutions and the field of human rights allows us to find ways to protect people, whose rights have been violated during the realization of the projects funded by the World Bank and the IMF. Value/originality. The main features that international intergovernmental organizations must have to be regarded as those who have supranational nature are investigated. On this basis, it was established that the World Bank and the IMF do not have supranational features, and the only organization possessing such features remains the European Union.

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