Uneven development progress is leaving the poorest behind, deepening inequality and fueling political polarization on a global scale, a new report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says.
The report, released in New York on March 13, stressed that this situation has led to a dangerous deadlock that needs to be urgently resolved.
The Human Development Report (HDR) 2023/24, titled “Breaking the Deadlock: Reimagining Cooperation in a Polarized World ,” reveals a worrying trend: The incomplete and uneven recovery of the global Human Development Index (HDI) – a summary measure reflecting Gross National Income (GNI) per capita, educational attainment and life expectancy.
The HDI is forecast to reach a record high in 2023 after falling sharply in 2020 and 2021. However, progress is highly uneven. Rich countries are enjoying record levels of human development, while half of the world’s poorest countries remain below pre-crisis levels.
In the case of Vietnam, the Southeast Asian country's HDI value in 2022 is 0.726, ranking 107th out of 193 countries and territories. From 1990 to 2022, Vietnam's HDI value changed from 0.492 to 0.726, an increase of nearly 50%. In the 1990s when the UNDP introduced the HDI concept, Vietnam was relatively low in the rankings, but now Vietnam is in the middle of the rankings and has been steadily improving over the past 30 years.
“Viet Nam has remained a high human development country throughout the difficult years of the Covid-19 pandemic. Human development remains central to the country’s development strategy and we have seen remarkable results over the past decades,” said UNDP Resident Representative Ramla Khalidi.
Vietnam ranked 91st out of 166 countries on the Gender Inequality Index – an index that looks at inequality across three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment and the labor market.
“Vietnam has done well in some aspects, such as access to education and labor force participation, however, there remains a gender division of labor with more stable, well-paid jobs going to men, and women remain underrepresented in leadership roles in government, parliament, and the private sector,” said Ms. Khalidi .
Minh Duc
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