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Speech at the launch of the 2015 Human Development Report
15 December 2015
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Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator
I am delighted to welcome you to the launch of the 2015 Human Development Report. UNDP expresses its profound gratitude to Ethiopia for hosting this launch, and for His Excellency the Prime Minister’s presence here with us today to give the keynote...Read more
Lead author’s speech at the launch of the 2015 Human Development Report
14 December 2015
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Selim Jahan, Director of the Human development Report office and lead author of the report
Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Work is the defining issue of our time. It is a challenge which society in the world is facing today. The world of work is also changing fast with implications for human development. The...Read more
Statement on the Launch of the Human Development Report 2015 Work for Human Development
13 December 2015
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Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary
It gives me great pleasure to share this platform for the launch of one the most anticipated reports of every year. This year has proved pivotal for the global development agenda setting. Because Addis Ababa has played a critical role in it. By...Read more
Putting Public Health on the Map
03 November 2015
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Christopher J.L. Murray, Professor of Global Health at the University of Washington and Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
Twenty-five years ago, the state of public health for large populations was like that of a doctor trying to treat a patient without a proper diagnosis. The diseases and injuries that cut lives short and caused widespread suffering were not rigorously...Read more
Multidimensional poverty and its assessment found their place in the 2030 Agenda
28 October 2015
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Milorad Kovacevic, Chief Statistician at HDRO
Adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable development at the World Summit on 25-27 September 2015, the world leaders have recognized that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge...Read more
The Changing Climate on Climate Change
19 October 2015
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Harlem Brundtland, former prime minister of Norway and a member of The Elders
OSLO – In the early 1990s, when I was Prime Minister of Norway, I once found myself debating sustainable development with an opposition leader who insisted that I tell him the government’s single most important priority in that field. Frustrated, I...Read more
Developing Humans - Human Development: Young Voices; New Ideas
12 August 2015
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Jon Hall, Policy Specialist in the Human Development Report Office
August 12 marks International Youth Day, which in 2015 focuses on civic engagement, because the “engagement and participation of youth is essential to achieve sustainable human development. Yet often the opportunities for youth to engage politically,...Read more
Spotlight on Women’s Care-work in Latin America
23 July 2015
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René Mauricio Valdés, Ph.D. UN Resident Coordinator in Argentina
All societies have people to care for and care-givers. An ability to meet care needs is critical to national well-being. Although there are different ways of organizing care activities, most of them are still undertaken by family members, mostly women...Read more
Labour of Love
15 July 2015
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UNDP Global Centre for Public Service Excellence, Singapore
Deep shifts in economies, societies and the environment are changing the way citizens worldwide live, work and interact.[1] These changes also affect the public sector, which in 2013 employed over 110 million people worldwide.[2]...Read more
Human Security: A stronger framework for a more secure future
10 June 2015
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Professor Akihiko Tanaka
Human security has played a significant role in the global development discourse since the term was introduced in the 1994 Human Development Report. Nowhere more so than in Japan, where the Development Cooperation Charter sees human security...Read more
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