Humanity
Connecticut’s Outstanding Leadership in Human Development and Economic Prosperity
What does human development mean, and why does it matter to humanity?
In this article, I introduce the topic of human development, emphasize its importance, and how Connecticut is leading this required field. Let’s face it! Who doesn’t want to experience a free, prosperous, and high-quality lifestyle, including for their loved ones?
The purpose of human development is to enhance people’s freedom, opportunities, and overall well-being. Freedom means deciding who we want to be and how we want to live our lives.
Human development revolves around values and capabilities. At the fundamental level, we all desire good health, access to knowledge, and a decent material standard of living.
In 1990, Dr. Mahbub ul Haq collaborating with Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen and several economists, published the first Human Development Report commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme. In that report, Dr. Haq argued that the commonly used measure of Gross Domestic Product failed to measure well-being adequately.
The UN Development Programme publishes such reports. Recently several leading papers on Human Development were…
