Human development may refer to:
- Human development (biology), the process of a human becoming biologically mature
- Developmental psychology, also known as human development
- Human development (humanity), as it relates to economics and standards of living
- Human Development Index, an index used to rank countries by level of human development
Famous quotes containing the words human and/or development:
“The human condition is such that pain and effort are not just symptoms which can be removed without changing life itself; they are the modes in which life itself, together with the necessity to which it is bound, makes itself felt. For mortals, the “easy life of the gods” would be a lifeless life.”
—Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)
“Dissonance between family and school, therefore, is not only inevitable in a changing society; it also helps to make children more malleable and responsive to a changing world. By the same token, one could say that absolute homogeneity between family and school would reflect a static, authoritarian society and discourage creative, adaptive development in children.”
—Sara Lawrence Lightfoot (20th century)