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Press releases of the Human Development Reports

 

2007/2008 Report - Climate change

  • Overview - Climate change threatens unprecedented human development reversals
  • Africa and Arab States - Developed countries must cut emissions, invest in adaptation to prevent human development reversals
  • Asia and the Pacific - Developed countries should provide incentives for Asia to go green
  • Latin America and Caribbean - Climate change widens the inequality gap in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Europe - Wealthier nations should lead emission cuts and provide incentive for developing CEE and CIS countries to go green
  • North America - US must climate-proof growth to prevent human development reversals
  • World - OECD countries falling short of their commitments to fight climate change
  • HDI - Photo finish between Iceland and Norway to top human development ranking
  • UNDP - TV stories planned for production for the HDR Launch
  • HDI - Human Development Index

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2006 Report - Water scarcity

 

2005 Report - Aid and trade

 


2004 Report - Cultural liberty

 

2003 Report - MDGs

 


2002 Report - Democracy

 

2001 Report - New Technologies