To be sustainable, economic growth must be constantly nourished by the fruits of human development such as improvements in workers' knowledge and skills along with opportunities for their efficient use: more and better jobs, better conditions for new businesses to grow, and greater democracy at all levels of decisionmaking (Figure 1.1). Conversely, slow human development can put an end to fast economic growth. According to Human Development Report 1996, "during 1960-1992 not a single country succeeded in moving from lop-sided development with slow human development and rapid growth to a vir-tuous circle in which human develop-ment and growth can become mutually reinforcing." Since slower human development has invariably been followed by slower economic growth, this growth pattern was labeled a "dead end.