About the Speech: The United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda, steered by the Chairmanship of Ireland and Kenya, will commit the international community to an expanded vision of poverty reduction and an increased focus on sustainable development - one that vigorously places human development at the centre of social and economic progress in all countries. On the 25th anniversary of the first UNDP Human Development Report, Dr. Selim Jahan, Director of the UNDP Development Report Office, discussed the human development paradigm as the conceptual basis of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and explained how this concept can inform, influence and aid in completing the post-2015 development agenda. This was the third event in the 2015 Development Matters series, which the IIEA is co-hosting with Irish Aid. About the Speaker: Dr. Selim Jahan is the Director of UNDP's Human Development Report Office (HDRO) in New York. He was previously Director of the Poverty Practice in UNDP’s Bureau for Development Policy in New York (2007-2014). Mr. Jahan was Deputy Director of the Human Development Report Office and was a member of the Core Team that authored nine global Human Development Reports (1993-2001). Before joining UNDP in 1992, Mr. Jahan held several positions, including Professor of Economics and Director of the Economic Research Unit, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (1984-92); Economic Adviser, Planning Commission, Government of Bangladesh, (1989-90); and Visiting Scholar, School Of Public Policy, University of Maryland, USA (1992). Dr. Jahan is the author of 10 books and more than 150 articles in various national and international academic journals.

• published: 13 Apr 2015
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