{"id":27470,"date":"2024-03-15T12:50:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T12:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=27470"},"modified":"2024-03-15T12:50:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T12:50:54","slug":"pakistan-ranks-164th-with-a-low-human-development-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-ranks-164th-with-a-low-human-development-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan ranks 164th with a \u2018low\u2019 human development status"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><em><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27471\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pakistan_Human_Development_1-e1710506382564.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/>ISLAMABAD: 14 March 2024 \u2013 Islamabad: Uneven development progress is leaving the poorest behind, exacerbating inequality, and stoking political polarization on a global scale. The result is a dangerous deadlock that must be urgently tackled through collective action, says the 2023-2024 Human Development Report entitled \u201cBreaking the Gridlock: Reimagining Cooperation in a Polarized World\u201d released this week by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5>\u201cThe widening human development gap revealed by the report shows that the two-decade trend of steadily reducing inequalities between wealthy and poor nations is now in reverse,\u201d said Achim Steiner, Administrator of UNDP. \u201cThis gridlock carries a significant human toll. The failure of collective action to advance our response to climate change, digitalization or poverty and inequality not only hinders human development but also worsens polarization and further erodes trust in people and institutions worldwide.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5>The 2023-2024 Report places Pakistan in the \u2018low\u2019 human development category. In 2022, Pakistan had a Human Development Index (HDI) value of 0.540 with a global ranking of 161 out of 192 countries. In 2023, the country dropped three places to 164 in the global ranking.<\/h5>\n<h5><em><strong>\u201cDespite managing well the Covid-19 pandemic, Pakistan&#8217;s HDI and global ranking have suffered due to persistent social, economic and political pressures, including macroeconomic challenges as well as the lingering effect of the 2022 floods,\u201d said UNDP Pakistan Resident Representative, Dr. Samuel Rizk.<\/strong> <\/em><\/h5>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ghM4OEbBWT\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/undp-pakistan-somalia-organize-first-ever-somalia-pakistan-ministerial-study-tour-on-federalism-devolution-and-state-building\/\">UNDP-Pakistan-Somalia  Organize First-ever Somalia-Pakistan Ministerial Study Tour on Federalism, Devolution and State-Building<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;UNDP-Pakistan-Somalia  Organize First-ever Somalia-Pakistan Ministerial Study Tour on Federalism, Devolution and State-Building&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/undp-pakistan-somalia-organize-first-ever-somalia-pakistan-ministerial-study-tour-on-federalism-devolution-and-state-building\/embed\/#?secret=wjnG6e7lDO#?secret=ghM4OEbBWT\" data-secret=\"ghM4OEbBWT\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>He observed that there is a notable 33 per cent decline in Pakistan\u2019s inequality-adjusted HDI, bringing it to 0.360. In the Gender Inequality Index (GII), the country\u2019s rank remains the same at 135 out of 166 countries. The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) score stays unaffected at 0.198, indicating persistent challenges.<\/h5>\n<h5>The Report reveals that following pandemic-caused setbacks for their HDI in 2020, the South Asian region has demonstrated an overall more resilient recovery compared to East Asia and the Pacific, as well as the global average. However, significant disparities remain between \u2018high\u2019 HDI and \u2018low\u2019 HDI countries, indicating ongoing challenges in achieving equitable development.<\/h5>\n<h5>\u201cWith a new government in place, and high ambitions for reform, prosperity for Pakistan requires significant mobilization of climate and SDGs financing, along with a fit-for-purpose governance architecture that provides planetary and digital \u2018global public goods\u2019,\u201d said Dr. Rizk. \u201cThe role of global public goods is different from humanitarian aid and development assistance, which target certain populations in need. Global public goods, by definition, aim to reach everyone and can improve the prospect of human development of all people and societies as whole.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5><em><strong>The latest UNDP Human Development Report calls for reevaluating global interdependence and outlines four critical areas for action: prioritizing planetary public goods for climate stability, fostering digital global public goods for fair technology access, implementing innovative financial mechanisms for low-income countries, and adopting new governance approaches to reduce political polarization and combat misinformation.<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"RKYA4ltZfV\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/government-of-germany-and-undp-join-hands-for-flood-reconstruction-and-coordination-programme\/\">Government of Germany and UNDP join hands for Flood Reconstruction and Coordination Programme<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Government of Germany and UNDP join hands for Flood Reconstruction and Coordination Programme&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/government-of-germany-and-undp-join-hands-for-flood-reconstruction-and-coordination-programme\/embed\/#?secret=lHtPK7x8LP#?secret=RKYA4ltZfV\" data-secret=\"RKYA4ltZfV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 ISLAMABAD: 14 March 2024 \u2013 Islamabad: Uneven development progress is leaving the poorest behind, exacerbating inequality, and stoking political polarization on a global scale. The result is a dangerous deadlock that must be urgently tackled through collective action, says the 2023-2024 Human Development Report entitled \u201cBreaking the Gridlock: Reimagining Cooperation in a Polarized World\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[1739,4883,1438,493,48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27470"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27473,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27470\/revisions\/27473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}