Integral Human Development (IHD) is a term coined by Louis-Joseph Lebret OP and then used by Paul VI in his encyclical Populorum Progressio in 1967.
Similar to Enacting Catholic Social Teaching , the book emphasizes practice and examples without being a simple how-to book..
Pope Francis has emphasized the idea with the creation of a special dicastery of which Cardinal Czerny is the new Prefect.
It is, in a way, the Catholic approach to Human Development and has been adopted by Catholic Relief Services.
Integral Human Development (IHD) is a term coined by Louis-Joseph Lebret OP and then used by Paul VI in his encyclical Populorum Progressio in 1967