Global Value Chains or GVCs are a testament to the effect of globalization on the economic sector. This policy note seeks to highlight how they operate and how they can reveal greater patterns of the

The 214 Human Development Report,called ‘Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerability and Building Resilience’,highlights the need for both promoting people's choices and protecting human

Accommodating people's growing demands for their inclusion in society,for respect of their ethnicity,religion,and language,takes more than democracy and equitable growth. Also needed are multicultural

The State of World Population Report 213,issued by the United Nations Fund for Population,highlights the main challenges related to adolescent pregnancy and its grave consequences on girls' education

The 21st century is witnessing a profound shift in global dynamics,driven by the fast-rising new powers of the developing world. China has overtaken Japan as the world's second biggest economy,lifting

The 211 Human Development Report argues that the urgent global challenges of sustainability and equity must be addressed together – and identifies policies on the national and global level that could

The 21 Report continues the tradition of pushing the frontiers of development thinking. For the first time since 199,the Report looks back rigorously at the past several decades and identifies often

Migration,both within and beyond borders,has become an increasingly prominent theme in domestic and international debates,and is the topic of the 29 Human Development Report (HDR9). The starting point