This issue of Policy in Focus presents a collection of 15 articles from leading scholars,researchers and policy practitioners,shedding light on the key challenges of promoting social protection

More than six in 10 children globally lack access to social protection, leaving them particularly vulnerable to falling into chronic poverty, the UN said, warning also that some governments are

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 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

his 25 Human Development Report takes stock of human development,including progress towards the MDGs. Looking beyond statistics,it highlights the human costs of missed targets and broken promises