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Development and Health. Dr Haroon Awan CEO Avicenna Consulting. The world we live in. 1.1 Billion people lack access to safe drinking water; 2.6 Billion lack access to basic sanitation. The world we live in.
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Development and Health Dr Haroon Awan CEO Avicenna Consulting
The world we live in 1.1 Billion people lack access to safe drinking water; 2.6 Billion lack access to basic sanitation
The world we live in 77 Million children are out of school – 33% of these are children with disabilities
TheBig 5 MDGs
Three new indices • Inequality Adjusted HDI • Gender Inequality Index • Multidimensional Poverty Index MahboobulHaq AmartyaSen
Lack of sustainability is arguably the greatest challenge to human development Worsening of key measures of sustainability, 1970-2006/8 The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development, HDRO-UNDP – November 2010
Unfree • Capability Deprivation • ? Choice
More MPI poor than income poor Percentage of people living in poverty - MPI and income poverty, selected countries The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development, HDRO-UNDP – November 2010
Identify Opportunities Empowerment Security
Development in ‘EYE’ • Eye in ‘DEVELOPMENT’
? Visual Impairment MDGs Renewal Looking Ahead ? NTDs ? NCDs ? Water and Sanitation ? INCLUSION
Mahboob ul Haq – Pakistan’s Human Development Expert often quoted George Bernard Shaw ‘You see things that are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?’