Human Development Report 2001 Making New Technologies Work for Human Development,9780195218367

Human Development Report 2001 Making New Technologies Work for Human Development

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ISBN13: 9780195218367
ISBN10: 0195218361
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-07-12
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

Human Development Report 2001 addresses the opportunities and challenges for development of the technology revolution. It examines some of today's most controversial policy issues in this area, including: When do the benefits of genetically-modified foods outweigh the risks? How can the current intellectual property rights regime be made fairer for the least developed countries? Can information economies help large numbers of poor people to lift themselves out of poverty? What is the best and most cost-effective way to encourage the production of vaccines for diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis? and How should developing countries respond to the "brain drain" created by the emigration of their highly-educated workers?

Table of Contents

Overview
Making new technologies work for human development 1(8)
Human development--past, present and future
9(18)
Thirty years of impressive progress--but a long way still to go
9(7)
Unequal incomes
16(4)
Human development--at the heart of today's policy agenda
20(1)
The Millennium Declaration's goals for development and poverty eradication
21(6)
Today's technological transformations--creating the network age
27(38)
Technology can be a tool for--not only a reward of--development
27(2)
Today's technological transformations combine with globalization to create the network age
29(6)
The new technological age brings new possibilities--for still greater advances in human development
35(2)
The network age is changing how technologies are created and diffused--in five ways
37(1)
The opportunities of the network age exist in a world of uneven technological capacity
38(5)
Turning technology into a tool for human development requires effort
43(3)
The technology achievement index--a new measure of countries' ability to participate in the network age
46(19)
Managing the risks of technological change
65(14)
Risky business: assessing potential costs and benefits
66(2)
Shaping choices: the role of public opinion
68(2)
Taking precautions: different countries, different choices
70(1)
Building the capacity to manage risk
71(2)
Challenges facing developing countries
73(1)
National strategies to deal with the challenges of risk
73(3)
Global collaboration for managing risks
76(3)
Unleashing human creativity: national strategies
79(16)
Creating an environment that encourages technological innovation
79(5)
Rethinking education systems to meet the new challenges of the network age
84(7)
Mobilizing diasporas
91(4)
Global initiatives to create technologies for human development
95(23)
Creating innovative partnerships and new incentives for research and development
97(5)
Managing intellectual property rights
102(7)
Expanding investment in technologies for development
109(3)
Providing regional and global institutional support
112(6)
Endnotes 118(2)
Bibliographic note 120(2)
Bibliography 122

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