On Aug. 15, 1947, British colonial rule in South Asia officially ended. The four independent states that eventually emerged in its place — India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh — all faced urgent ...

The Human Development Data (HDD) of the United Nation is the integrated database for the Human Development Reports created in 1990. This database provides statistics essential for economic, ...

Ameyavikram Pathak is Chief Executive Officer of investment management firm AVP Holdings and member of the Finance Committee of the Princeton Foundation for Peace and Learning. Armen Baibourtian is ...

Birth rates are falling in the world's highly developed countries. In the 20th century, fertility decline has been associated with advancements in economic and human development, leading to the widely ...

John Maynard Keynes, memorializing the death of his mentor Alfred Marshall a century ago, wrote that the “master-economist must possess a rare combination of gifts…. He must be mathematician, ...

Steven Pinker on human development, economics, academic freedom Dr. Steven Pinker, Harvard psychologist, discusses driving social, political, and economic progress, promoting academic freedom, and ...

FREETOWN, March 25, 2024 – Sierra Leone has made commendable strides in improving human capital development with the government demonstrating a strong commitment to enhancing the well-being and ...

The Poverty, Inequality and Human Development team conducts research across a wide range of topics that broadly covers issues related to improving the wellbeing of people, particularly less well-off ...