Human Development

4 Wealthy Countries That Performed Executions In 2010

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Human Development, Democracy-Index, Capital Punishment, Execution, Singapore, Human Development Index, The Economist, Slidepollajax, Bahrain, Amnesty International, United States, Death Penalty, Japan, World News
Howard Steven Friedman

Of the 26 countries that are categorized as free, only the U.S. and Japan had performed executions in 2010. This can be contrasted with the nearly 25% of countries classified as authoritarian that performed executions in 2010.

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Poverty Kills. Better Policy, Not Better Medicine, Is the Solution

Kristen Lewis | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Human Development, Gdp, Amartya Sen, Impact News, Economic Crisis, Health Care Reform, American-Human-Development-Project, Race, Life Expectancy, Social Issues, Health Care, Recession, Impact News
Kristen Lewis

Poverty kills. Addressing the underlying social and economic conditions that breed poverty and ill health -- in other words, better policy, not better medicine -- is the solution.

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Republic of South Sudan: Dreams of a New Nation

Susan Davis | Posted 09.08.2011

Read More: Human Development, South Sudan Independence, World News
Susan Davis

The Republic of South Sudan is born, on July 9th 2011, amidst much celebration, dollops of hope and a real undercurrent of apprehension. The world's newest country suffers from abysmal human development indicators.

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Measuring a Better Life

Kristen Lewis | Posted 08.29.2011

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Kristen Lewis

It's no surprise that GDP is no longer the first place economists, policymakers, and individuals go to answer the question "how are people really doing?"

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Opportunities for Economic and Political Inclusion in the Arab Spring

Helen Clark | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Human Development, Arab Spring, Undp, Helen Clark, United Nations, World News
Helen Clark

There are moments when historic, transformational change is possible. This is one of those moments in the Arab States.

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Which California Are You?

Kristen Lewis | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Race, Human Development, Social Issues, Amartya Sen, Impact News, Economic Crisis, Health Care, Recession, American-Human-Development-Project, Health Care Reform, Life Expectancy, Gdp, Los Angeles News
Kristen Lewis

Wouldn't it be great if an objective, fact-based tool existed to identify the most strategic levers for change -- to help keep California from losing its edge? Such a tool now exists.

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Changing Directions Toward A Sustainable Future

Jagdish Gandhi | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Religion and Science, Environmental Destruction, Sustainability, Consumerism, Conscious Evolution, Human Development, Forum on Science and Spirituality, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News
Jagdish Gandhi

We urgently need to change direction. We must transform our consumer society into a regenerative society where the focus is not on having more but on being more.

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Writing Half Brother: Love, Control, And Talking Animals

Kenneth Oppel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kenneth Oppel

Imagine, as a teenager, being told to treat a chimp like a baby brother, while never forgetting that it was also a lab specimen.

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Health Care Reform Passed, Now What?

Sarah Burd-Sharps | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Development, Gdp, Amartya Sen, Economic Crisis, American-Human-Development-Project, Race, Life Expectancy, Social Issues, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Impact News
Sarah Burd-Sharps

In 1999, the government launched Healthy People 2010, an ambitious project to narrow the disparities in health outcomes for different groups. But it failed. Now that health care reform has passed, it's time for Healthy People 2020.

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What Good Psychodynamic Therapy Is All About

Dr. Wendy Jacobson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Human Development, Generativity, Depression, Therapy, Character Patterns, Woody Allen, Enlightened Self-Interest, Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Aggression, Life Cycle, Anxiety, Psychodynamic, Mind, Sexuality, Healthy Living News
Dr. Wendy Jacobson

Troubled character patterns are the bread and butter of psychodynamic therapists. The castrating hysteric, the self-defeating masochist -- these are patterns that disable and limit people.

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New Stem Cells Form Eggs And Sperm, U.S. Researchers Find

msn.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Human Development, Stem Cell Eggs, Embryonic Cells, Eggs and Sperm, Scientific Advances, Stem Cell Eggs and Sterm, Stem Cells, Stem Cell Advances, Stem Cell Research, Healthy Living News

CHICAGO - U.S. researchers have found a way to coax human embryonic stem cells to turn into the types of cells that make eggs and sperm, shedding ligh...

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Norway Best Place To Live: UN Report

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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An annual report by the United Nations has found that Norway has the highest standard of living for its citizens. The BBC reported that the UN looke...

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Troubling Signs: Can The G8 Be Trusted to Deliver on Their Promises?

Josh Lozman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Development, HIV/AIDS, Foreign Aid, Aids Research, The Giving Life, Africa, Africa Foreign Aid, Development, G8 Nations, Politics News
Josh Lozman

Despite great progress, there are still nearly 5 million people on the continent that are in need of AIDS treatment in order to stay alive. No wonder the G8 wants to hide from their earlier promises.

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