Tackling rural poverty, together

Extract

Human development is first and foremost about allowing people to lead the kind of life they choose—and providing them with the tools and opportunities to make those choices. In recent years Human Development Report has argued strongly that this is as much a question of politics as economics—from protecting human rights to deepening democracy. Unless people who are poor and marginalized—who more often than not are members of religious or ethnic minorities or migrants—can influence political action at local and national levels, they are unlikely to get equitable access to jobs, schools, hospitals, justice, security and other basic services.

Table of Contents:

1. Cultural liberty and human development
2. Challenges for cultural liberty
3. Building multicultural democracies
4. Confronting movements for cultural domination
5. Globalization and cultural choice