A panel of foreign envoys, government officials and experts on development issues will discuss the recent findings of a United Nations report on human development at Korea University on April 4.

Bangladeshi Ambassador to Korea Enamul Kabir and Chilean Ambassador Hernan Brantes are expected to join government officials and experts from civil society to discuss the “Global Human Development Report 2013: The Rise of the South.”

A profound shift has taken place in the global south, in part driven by rapidly developing nations from the developing world, and this has important long-term implications for human development, global governance and trade, according to the U.N. report’s findings.

Panelists include, in addition to the two foreign envoys, Nam Boo-wan of the Council for Overseas Cooperation, Lee Hwo-yeon of KOICA’s Capacity Development Planning Team, and professor Kim Eun-mee, dean of the Graduate School of International Studies at Ewha Womans University.

In the “Rise of the South,” the report looks at a much larger phenomenon covering not only the largest emerging countries, but also the triggers of substantial progress on wealth creation, broader indexes of human progress and the growth of the middle classes of smaller economies, such as Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, Rwanda, Tunisia and Mauritius.

That is why the participation of the Bangladeshi and Chilean envoys as panelists is expected to be particularly pointed.

The discussion will take place at 2:30 p.m. in the International Studies Hall of the Graduate School of International Studies at Korea University. For more information, contact the UNDP Seoul Policy Center at (02) 3290-5202.

By Philip Iglauer (ephilip2011@heraldcorp.com)