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Human development

Human Development Index, an index used to rank countries by level of human development


Antonia Darder

She later attended Cal State Los Angeles for her bachelor's in Rehabilitation Counseling and received a master's degree from Pacific Oaks College in Human Development.

Character creation

The term character development is, in some contexts, used interchangeably with character advancement (in a sense similar to professional development or Human Development), whereas elsewhere character development refers instead to the player’s indirect characterization of the character through role-playing (in a sense similar to film developing).

The Roots of the Self

The Roots of the Self: Unraveling the Mystery of Who We Are is a 1995 book about human development by Robert Ornstein (author of The Evolution Of Consciousness) .


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Andrey Livadny

Most of his works are merged into The History of the Galaxy series, which embraces human development over the next 2,000 years.

Capability approach

The capabilities approach has been highly influential in development policy where it has shaped the evolution of the human development index HDI, has been much discussed in philosophy, and is increasingly influential in a range of social sciences.

Subsequently, and in collaboration particularly with political philosopher Martha Nussbaum, development economist Sudhir Anand and economic theorist James Foster, Sen has helped to make the capabilities approach predominant as a paradigm for policy debate in human development where it inspired the creation of the UN's Human Development Index (a popular measure of human development, capturing capabilities in health, education, and income).

First World

Statistics like GNI, life expectancy, and educational attainment levels are combined to form a list of countries ranging from very high human development to low human development.

Geno Baroni

In the words of Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-OH, Baroni was a "visionary and crusader whose concern was always human development."

Human Development Index

To produce the Human Development Reports, Mahbub ul Haq brought together a group of well-known development economists including: Paul Streeten, Frances Stewart, Gustav Ranis, Keith Griffin, Sudhir Anand and Meghnad Desai.

Human development theory

The most notable proponents of human development theory are Mahbub ul Haq, Üner Kirdar and Amartya Sen.

James Kent

Bronze statutes of Chancellor Kent and Solon (the Athenian lawmaker whose reforms laid the foundations for democracy) represent law on the balustrade of the galleries of the Main Reading Room in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. These statues are among sixteen representing men whose works have shaped human development and civilization.

Joyce Dattner

What she found was the groundbreaking discoveries of Fred Newman, founder of social therapy, and Lois Holzman, developmental psychologist, who together created a unique performance-based approach to human development.

Lawrence James McNamara

Subsequent to his ordination as bishop, he served as president of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference (1980-1983), President of the National Council of Catholic Bishops' Committees for Liaison with Women Religious, the American Board of Catholic Missions, Campaign for Human Development (and National Episcopal Advisor for the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in the United States).

Masculine psychology

Robert L. Moore and Douglas Gillette collaborated on a series of five books on male psychology and mythopoetic aspects of human development, including King, Warrior, Magician, Lover, and a book exploring each of these four archetypes.

Monica Das

She is the author of Her Story So Far: Tales of the Girl Child in India (Penguin, 2003) and The Other Woman (Harper Collins, 2010), an edited volume which draws attention to the issue of the socio-economic impact of underage marriage, bigamy and polygamy on the Human Development index and Gender development index.

Ras al-Khaimah Medical and Health Sciences University

The university was established by the Ras Al Khaimah Human Development Foundation (RAK – HDF) under the leadership of His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi, Crown Prince & Deputy Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah and Chancellor of the University.

Víctor Capellán

His career as an educator began at the University of Rhode Island where he taught in the Human Development and Family Studies program and served as Coordinator of Student Leadership Programs.