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Measuring Human Development
A Primer

The Human Development Report Office has a new publication - Measuring Human Development: A Primer. This publication is a tool for all those working on sub-national, national and regional Human Development Reports (HDRs). This reference may also be useful to all professionals working on human development issues. It consists of guidelines and tools to support the production of quantitatively and qualitatively rigorous reports that support a process of evidence based policy making and advocacy.

Visit the section on this publication to find out more or download the publication below.

Also available in: French and Russian

• Introduction [350 KB]
• Chapter 1: Statistical principles in human development analysis [820 KB]
• Chapter 2: Select dimensions of measuring human development [1.277 KB]
• Chapter 3: Advocating for change with human development data [1.260 KB]
• Annexes, References, Glossary [1.427 KB]
• Checklist [91 KB]
• Complete publication [5.920 KB]

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