Identity politics and intolerance a barrier to development, says UN report

Annual human development index cites Brexit as an example of a nationalist agenda that could hold back progress on the global goals Nationalism and identity politics - of which Brexit is one of the latest examples - are barriers to development among the most marginalised groups in society, according to a UN report. The annual human development index said that at a time when global action and collaboration were imperative in achieving the sustainable development goals by 2030, exclusion and intol...