Human Development Report 2000. Published for UNDP by Oxford University Press, New York. Commissioned by United Nations Development Programme, the Human Development Report 2000 clearly underlines the fact that human rights are not, as has sometimes been argued, a reward of development. Rather, they are critical to achieving it. Only with political freedoms the right for all men and women to participate equally in society can people genuinely take advantage of economic freedoms.
Rights make human beings better economic actors.
Socioeconomic and social rights are both the incentive for, and the reward of, a strong economy. That is why a broad vision of human rights must be entrenched to achieve sustainable human development. The Human Development Report 2000proposes bold new approaches to political and economic governance that deliver social justice. Gender Equality in Rights, Resources and Voices. Published for the World Bank by Oxford University Press, New York, 2001.