The Rights Track

In Episode 5 of The Rights Track, Todd asks Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Professor of International Affairs at the New School in New York, about human development and her work to develop a way of measuring and comparing how well countries do at upholding their social and economic rights obligations. 0.00-5.55 minutes Explanation of how the Human Development Index and associated reports came about and those involved in their concept and development The thinking behind the HDI and how it was designed to rival GDP (Gross Domestic Product) as a measure of economic success and a better measurement of how countries and their population are progressing and developing How the HDI challenged current thinking and perspectives on evaluating progress by focusing on freedoms to do and be what we value Defining well-being as people’s capabilities e.g. the ‘right to be able to read’ or the ‘right to have an education’ 5.55-9.30 minutes How the HDI works - its scoring system How the HDI enabled measurement and analysis to catch th