World Chronicle 463: Mahbub ul Haq, UNDP

Michael Littlejohns interviews Mahbub ul Haq, Special Advisor on Human Development to the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), for World Chronicle program 463.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:04
• Production Date: 26 March 1992
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: MAHBUB UL HAQ; MICHAEL LITTLEJOHNS; TED MORELLO; YVETTE COLLYMORE
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS; UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - UNDP
• Subject Topical: DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
• MAMS Id: 2116111
• Parent Id: 824531

Description

Human Development Report

Mahbub ul Haq, a Special Advisor on Human Development to the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), discusses the 1992 Human Development Report. Haq calls on governments to invest more in human development. Poverty in the developing world affects all countries, he points out, resulting in lost markets, environmental degradation and illegal migration. He calls for dramatic changes to open up global markets, create more job opportunities, overhaul international institutions and strike a compact between rich and poor nations.

• Scripts: File; 463.pdf (40.81 KB)