1. United Nations Development Programme. 1999.Human Development Report 1999, v1–3. New York: Oxford University Press. According to the 1999 UNDP Human Development Report, over 80 nations registered lower per capita incomes at the end of the 1990s than were recorded at the end of the 1980s. At the same time, inequality was on the rise within numerous countries, while there has also been an increase in the level of inequality between nations