Human Development Report 1991

Lack of political commitment, not financial resources, is often the real cause of people's neglect. This is the main conclusion reached by the 1991 Human Development Report, the second in a series of annual reports on the subject. The report highlights the enormous potential to restructure both national budgets and the allocation of international aid for human development. However, the plea for greater efficiency in the allocation of resources and more effective spending does not imply an indifference to the need for economic growth or an increase in the mobilization of resources. On the contrary, the position of the Report is that a more efficient and effective public sector will contribute to strengthening the role of the private sector in human development. And the best argument for getting additional resources is for existing funds to be spent correctly.

Just as economic growth is necessary for human development, human development is crucial to economic growth. This reciprocal relationship should be at the heart of any intelligent political action.

The 1990 Report argues that developing countries have the resources to achieve many of their development goals. This report takes the debate one step further by showing the potential for reshaping national budgets and foreign aid to meet human needs.

The report suggests that:

The main task is to invest in people, thereby freeing up their initiative. Data according to the Report High Human Development Index

The rest of the countries have been excluded from this list because they have not reached the best of their continent, with the exception of Norway and Australia, which had not yet been calculated their HDI

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