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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2024
Rich countries attain record human development, but half of the poorest regress,
finds UNDP report



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TBS Report
14 March, 2024, 10:25 am
Last modified: 14 March, 2024, 10:43 am





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RICH COUNTRIES ATTAIN RECORD HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, BUT HALF OF THE POOREST REGRESS,
FINDS UNDP REPORT

TBS Report
14 March, 2024, 10:25 am
Last modified: 14 March, 2024, 10:43 am
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Rich countries are experiencing record-high levels of human development while
half of the world's poorest countries remain below their pre-crisis level of
progress, according to the 2023/24 Human Development Report (HDR) of the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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Uneven development progress is leaving the poorest behind, exacerbating
inequality, and stoking political polarisation on a global scale. The result is
a dangerous gridlock that must be urgently tackled through collective action,
according to the HDR, titled "Breaking the Gridlock: Reimagining cooperation in
a polarized world", which was published today (14 March).

The report reveals a troubling trend: the rebound in the global Human
Development Index (HDI) – a summary measure reflecting a country's Gross
National Income (GNI) per capita, education, and life expectancy – has been
partial, incomplete, and unequal.



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The HDI is projected to reach record highs in 2023 after steep declines during
2020 and 2021. But this progress is deeply uneven.

Following an unprecedented dip due to the Covid-19 pandemic and economic
turmoil, the HDI in Asia and the Pacific rebounded to pre-pandemic values in
2022, but this should not be interpreted as a complete recovery. The latest HDI
value remains well below what it could have been if there had not been a crisis.
Fourteen countries are still below the 2019 level and some countries like
Afghanistan, Timor-Leste, and Samoa are seeing a worrying regression in HDI.



East Asia managed to minimise the disruptions of the pandemic particularly well,
and the HDI data reveals that this subregion barely registered a blip. Other
subregions saw marked volatility, reads the report.

In 2022, South Asia bounced back significantly, surpassing pre-pandemic levels.
South-East Asia remains below the HDI level before the pandemic. While the
Pacific rebounded above 2019 values, health and education remain critical
concerns.



Viewed over a longer period, Asia-Pacific continues to stand out as the region
with the most rapid progress in human development. Between 1990 and 2022, the
HDI increased by 20 percentage points – the highest increase in the world.



However, inequality within countries continued to be a worrying trend. South
Asia's loss in the HDI due to inequality is among the highest in the world
(after sub-Saharan Africa), followed by the Pacific.

Globally inequalities are compounded by substantial economic concentration. As
referenced in the report, almost 40 percent of global trade in goods is
concentrated in three or fewer countries; and in 2021 the market capitalisation
of each of the three largest tech companies in the world surpassed the Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) of more than 90 percent of countries that year.



"The widening human development gap revealed by the report shows that the
two-decade trend of steadily reducing inequalities between wealthy and poor
nations is now in reverse. Despite our deeply interconnected global societies,
we are falling short. We must leverage our interdependence as well as our
capacities to address our shared and existential challenges and ensure people's
aspirations are met," said Achim Steiner, head of the UN Development Programme.

"This gridlock carries a significant human toll. The failure of collective
action to advance action on climate change, digitalisation or poverty and
inequality not only hinders human development but also worsens polarization and
further erodes trust in people and institutions worldwide."

The report argues that advancing international collective action is hindered by
an emerging "democracy paradox": while 9 in 10 people worldwide endorse
democracy, over half of global survey respondents express support for leaders
that may undermine it by bypassing fundamental rules of the democratic process,
as per data analysed in the report. Half of people surveyed worldwide report
having no or limited control over their lives, and over two-thirds believe they
have little influence on their government's decisions.

Political polarization is also a growing concern with global repercussions.
Along with a sense of powerlessness, report authors say, it is fuelling
inward-turning policy approaches – starkly at odds with the global cooperation
needed to address urgent issues like the decarbonization of our economies,
misuse of digital technologies, and conflict. This is particularly alarming in
light of 2023's record-breaking temperatures, which emphasize the immediate need
for united action to tackle the climate crisis, or in the advent of artificial
intelligence as a new and fast-evolving technological frontier with little or no
regulatory guard rails.

The report highlights that deglobalisation is neither feasible nor realistic in
today's world and that economic interdependence remains high. It points out that
no region is close to self-sufficiency, as all rely on imports from other
regions of 25% or more of at least one major type of goods and services.

"In a world marked by increasing polarisation and division, neglecting to invest
in each other poses a serious threat to our wellbeing and security.
Protectionist approaches cannot address the complex, interconnected challenges
we face, including pandemic prevention, climate change, and digital regulation,"
Steiner added.

"Our problems are intertwined, requiring equally interconnected solutions. By
adopting an opportunity-driven agenda that emphasizes the benefits of the energy
transition and of artificial intelligence for human development, we have a
chance to break through the current deadlock and reignite a commitment to a
shared future."

The report emphasises how global interdependence is being reconfigured and calls
for a new generation of global public goods. It proposes four areas for
immediate action:

• planetary public goods, for climate stability, as we confront the
unprecedented challenges of the Anthropocene;

• digital global public goods, for greater equity in harnessing new technologies
for equitable human development;

• new and expanded financial mechanisms, including a novel track in
international cooperation that complements humanitarian assistance and
traditional development aid to low-income countries; and

• dialling down political polarization through new governance approaches focused
on enhancing people's voices in deliberation and tackling misinformation.

In this context, multilateralism plays a fundamental role, the report argues,
because bilateral engagements are not able to address the irreducibly planetary
nature of the provision of global public goods.



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