Arab HDR

I have not read the latest UNDP Human Development Report. One of my colleaugues attended the launch yesterday and he told me that it was pretty bad. Al Akhbar reports here on the launch and the always excellent rasha Abu Zeki tear the report it apart on charges of forgetting about class relations, adopting a vocabulary that equates the opressor with the victim and backstabbing the resistance (which resistance? All resistance!). many authors complained that their contributions were edited to make them more "moderate" and same, like Samir Amin's were completely removed. The Lebanese HDR was equally well received a few weeks ago. I can sense a movement of resistance to the UNDP rising up. Strange...