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Üner Kirdar (born January 1 1933) is a noted author on international development issues retired Turkish diplomat and senior United Nations official. He is one of the early pioneers of Human development theory and since the mid-1980s has advocated and worked for the concept’s world-wide adoption.Beginning in the late 1970s Kirdar co-authored a series of volumes articulating the key themes and debates emerging from the Society for International Development’s North South Roundtables.
