The two routes towards arrival

The UN’s Human Development Reports have always had a more nuanced view of progress than Gross Domestic Product. While they still measure economic growth, they recognise that human development is more usefully tracked by progress on health and education.

Their latest report has a section that caught my eye. In a discussion on decoupling environmental harm from economic growth, they conclude that “a reimagined human development journey cannot occur along the same path for low human develop...