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Human development is about freedom

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr argues that we need to go back to the big, visionary ideas at the heart of human development 30 years ago, the idea that human development is about freedom – about having the ability to live the life one has reason to value

09.06.2020

World Oceans Day

On World Oceans Day 2020, we're highlighting the ocean science needed to protect our blue planet.

08.06.2020

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Human development should become relational

Facundo García Valverde argues that social and environmental factors make people’s capability sets unequal. Institutions, policies, laws and social norms in particular have a tremendous influence in the shaping of people’s capabilities. Human development therefore needs to incorporate a specific account of egalitarian relations as there is a strong link between inequality and lack of valuable freedoms.

05.06.2020

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