Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue: 1

The UNDP’s global human development reports public policies of the 1990s for the development of its people in the world

Department of Public Administration and Policy Studies, Room Number 204, Kauvery Block, School of Social Sciences, Central University of Kerala, Tejaswini Hills Campus, Periye (Post), Kasaragod (District), Kerala (State), Pincode: 671320, India

*Corresponding Author E-mail: ramaraophd@gmail.com

Online published on 13 May, 2024.

Abstract

The concept of Human Development (HD) is a process of enlarging people's choices. In principle, these choice can be infinite and change over time. But at all levels of development, the three essential ones as per United Nations Organization (UNO)’s United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are for people to lead a long and healthy life, to acquire knowledge and to have access to resources needed for a decent standard of living. If these essential choices are not available, many other opportunities remain inaccessible. But HD does not end there. However, the UNDP’s yearly global Human Development Reports (HDRs) public policies had been focusing on these themes since the first global HDR in 1990 to the global HDR report of 2021-2022. Moreover, in every year, the main focused themes had been different. The research study analysis found that the UNDP’s 1990s global HD reports public policies had been intellectually contributed immensely for the better development of its people during the globalization.

Keywords

Global, Development, Human, Theme, Index, Public Policy