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Human
Development Report 2000
Human rights and human development
Human rights and human development share a common vision and a
common purpose—to secure, for every human being, freedom, well-being
and dignity. Divided by the cold war, the rights agenda and development
agenda followed parallel tracks. Now converging, their distinct
strategies and traditions can bring new strength to the struggle
for human freedom. Human Development Report 2000 looks at human
rights as an intrinsic part of development—and at development
as a means to realizing human rights. It shows how human rights
bring principles of accountability and social justice to the process
of human development.
Achieving rights for all people in all countries will require action
and commitment from the major players in society. Tracing the struggle
for human rights as common to all people, the Report concludes that
the advances in the 21st century will be won by confronting entrenched
economic and political interests.
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