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The country is sleepwalking into a human development disaster with serious consequences for its future.

In 2002, the Human Development Report (UNDP) focused on ‘Deepening Democracy in a Fragmented World’. It was an important discourse then [and still is] that evoked lot of insightful cross-regional

WHATEVER happened to social inclusion? It was the idea that was going to distinguish a New Labour Government from rival brands, the project whose…

Economist Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected Singapore’s 9th President after winning the Presidential election with the majority of votes. He is the third Indian-origin President to head the country.

Tharman beat Ng Kok Song, a former chief investment officer with the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC)

Tharman is one of the most qualified citizens of the resource-scarce city-state that has witnessed various development phases for over 50 years

Tharman Shanmugaratnam, an Indian-origin economist-turned-politician, won the presidential elections in Singapore by bagging over 70 per cent of votes.

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From UNDP: Iraq's National Human Development Report: Strengthening the Social Contract in Iraq Over 120 of the Iraq's primary stakeholders and thought leaders came together during the country's 1st consultation session on the development of the National Human Development Report (NHDR). During the event, ways to strengthen the social contract between the country's leadership and

From the blog of Tuvia Book at The Times of Israel