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Human Development Report 2009 : overcoming barriers ; human mobility and development.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2009.Description: xiii, 217 p. : col. ill., col. maps, col. charts ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780230239043
Other title:
  • Overcoming barriers : human mobility and development [Other title]
  • HDR 2009 overcoming barriers : human mobility and development [Other title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.9 22 HUM
Contents:
How and why people move -- Barriers to movement -- The case for mobility -- Our proposal -- The way forward -- Freedom and movement : how mobility can foster human development -- Mobility matters -- Choice and context : understanding why people move -- Development, freedom and human mobility -- What we bring to the table -- People in motion : who moves where, when and why -- Human movement today -- Looking back -- Policies and movement -- Looking ahead : the crisis and beyond -- How movers fare -- Incomes and livelihoods -- Health -- Education -- Empowerment, civic rights and participation -- Understanding outcomes from negative drivers -- Overall impacts -- Impacts at origin and destination -- Impacts at places of origin -- Destination place effects -- Policies to enhance human development outcomes -- The core package -- The political feasibility of reform -- conclusions.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Books Hamu Mukasa Library Closed Access l Short Loan; Level 1 338.9 HUM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 99265
Books Hamu Mukasa Library Closed Access l Short Loan; Level 1 338.9 HUM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 99264

Published for the United Nations Development Programme.

Includes bibliographical references and statistical annex.

How and why people move -- Barriers to movement -- The case for mobility -- Our proposal -- The way forward -- Freedom and movement : how mobility can foster human development -- Mobility matters -- Choice and context : understanding why people move -- Development, freedom and human mobility -- What we bring to the table -- People in motion : who moves where, when and why -- Human movement today -- Looking back -- Policies and movement -- Looking ahead : the crisis and beyond -- How movers fare -- Incomes and livelihoods -- Health -- Education -- Empowerment, civic rights and participation -- Understanding outcomes from negative drivers -- Overall impacts -- Impacts at origin and destination -- Impacts at places of origin -- Destination place effects -- Policies to enhance human development outcomes -- The core package -- The political feasibility of reform -- conclusions.

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