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Download and read the latest Human Development Report 2016, 'Human Development for Everyone'

29 March 2017 |
In past decades, there has been significant progress in human development levels in almost every country; but millions of people have not benefited from this progress. Who has been left behind and why? The Human Development Report 2016 ’Human...Read more

World’s most marginalized still left behind by global development priorities: UNDP report

23 March 2017 |
Millions of people are not benefiting from progress, with the gap set to widen unless deep-rooted development barriers, including discrimination and unequal political participation, are tackled. Stockholm, 21 March 2017...Read more

Speech of Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister of Sweden at the Global Launch of Human Development Report 2016

22 March 2017 |
I am honoured to be here. A special thanks to Helen Clark and the United Nations Development Programme, who have made this possible, and to Mr Selim Jahan and his Human Development Report Office and team, who once again have given us an inspiring...Read more

Helen Clark: Speech at the launch of the 2016 Human Development Report

22 March 2017 |
I am delighted to join Prime Minister Stefan Löfven at this launch of the 2016 Human Development Report here in Stockholm. Sweden has long championed human development, and the results of its commitment and investments are reflected in its very high...Read more

HDRO Director, Selim Jahan's speech at the launch of the 2016 Human Development Report

21 March 2017 |
Let me start with a simple statement: every human being counts and every human life is equally valuable. That universalism is at the core of the human development concept and is the driving force behind the 2016 Human Development Report. Upholding...Read more

Painting by Numbers, From Impressionism to Realism: Indicators for the Information Age

20 October 2016 | Milorad Kovacevic, Chief Statistician and Jon Hall, Policy Specialist at the Human Development Report Office, UNDP
October 20 is World Statistics Day and a good occasion to reflect on the ever growing attention to statistics. Not only does the old adage “if you cannot measure it you cannot manage it” hold true, but increasingly we suspect that if “you do not...Read more

Fighting Human Slavery: Why the Private Sector Should Care

21 September 2016 | Mathew Friedman, CEO The Mekong Club
Human trafficking, which represents the recruitment, transport, receipt and harboring of people for the purpose of exploiting their labor, affects almost all parts of the world and it is having a negative impact on human development progress....Read more

Working towards the Elimination of Child Labour

12 June 2016 | HDRO. Interview with Kailash Satyarthi, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
How has the world of child labour changed since you first got involved in the field? What are some of the positive changes and some of the less positive ones? When I started in 1981, there was complete ignorance about this serious...Read more

From War to Work

09 June 2016 | Frances Stewart, Professor Emeritus of Development economics at the University of Oxford.
There is no denying that conflict has far-reaching negative effects, including on employment. But the prevailing understanding of the relationship between conflict and employment does not fully recognize the complexity of this relationship – a...Read more

Measuring Human Development in the Future

01 June 2016 | Selim Jahan, Director of the Human Development Report Office, UNDP
Each year, the Human Development Index (HDI), the signature index of the Human Development Reports (HDR), captures headlines across the globe, as countries track their progress...Read more
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