Leandro Prados de la Escosura is Emeritus Professor of Economic History at Carlos III University. He is the author of Spanish Economic Growth, 1850–2015 (2017). He is the editor of Exceptionalism and Industrialisation: Britain and its European Rivals, 1688–1815 (2004) and former editor of the journal Revista de Historia Económica.

'… a go-to source for comprehensive overviews of trends in important measures of human and social development. … Highly recommended.' D. Mitch, Choice

• Preface; Introduction; Part I. An Aggregate View: 1. Augmented human development: What is it? How to measure it?; 2. Trends in human development; 3. World distribution of human development; Part II. The OECD and the Rest: 4. Human development in the OECD and the rest; 5. Human development in Latin America; 6. Human development in Africa; Postscript; Appendices.

Leandro Prados de la Escosura is Emeritus Professor of Economic History at Carlos III University. He is the author of Spanish Economic Growth, 1850–2015 (2017). He is the editor of Exceptionalism and Industrialisation: Britain and its European Rivals, 1688–1815 (2004) and former editor of the journal Revista de Historia Económica.

'… a go-to source for comprehensive overviews of trends in important measures of human and social development. … Highly recommended.' D. Mitch, Choice

• Preface; Introduction; Part I. An Aggregate View: 1. Augmented human development: What is it? How to measure it?; 2. Trends in human development; 3. World distribution of human development; Part II. The OECD and the Rest: 4. Human development in the OECD and the rest; 5. Human development in Latin America; 6. Human development in Africa; Postscript; Appendices.

Leandro Prados de la Escosura is Emeritus Professor of Economic History at Carlos III University. He is the author of Spanish Economic Growth, 1850–2015 (2017). He is the editor of Exceptionalism and Industrialisation: Britain and its European Rivals, 1688–1815 (2004) and former editor of the journal Revista de Historia Económica.

'… a go-to source for comprehensive overviews of trends in important measures of human and social development. … Highly recommended.' D. Mitch, Choice

• Preface; Introduction; Part I. An Aggregate View: 1. Augmented human development: What is it? How to measure it?; 2. Trends in human development; 3. World distribution of human development; Part II. The OECD and the Rest: 4. Human development in the OECD and the rest; 5. Human development in Latin America; 6. Human development in Africa; Postscript; Appendices.