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HIGHLIGHT

2010 Report
20th Anniversary Edition

The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development is available for free downloading

Technical Workshops on Measuring Human Development

The main objective of the workshop is to contribute to increased quality and impact of HDRs in the region. The idea is to encourage innovative measurement work whilst adhering to statistical standards. Through technical guidance, substantive exchanges and the sharing of experiences the workshop seeks to develop the competencies to promote and advocate for human development policies based on reliable data.

The workshop draws directly on the contents of the Primer on Measuring HD. The Primer follows the lines of the HDR Toolkit, providing guidelines, basic statistical principles, country examples and concrete tools. The workshop addresses issues related to the human development composite indices, use of statistics and indicators, methodological and data challenges, and ultimately to contribute to the ongoing evolution of human development indicators to better capture country-specific situations.

The Regional Technical Workshop aims to:

  • promote adherence to a set of minimum standards and guidelines for the use of statistics in HDRs;
  • propose solutions to existing methodological and data challenges;
  • discuss the evolution, use and limitations of the four global HDR indices (the HDI, HPI-1 and HPI-2, GDI and GEM) as well as other indices to better capture country-specific situations;
  • identify how to better link data with the policy recommendations outlined in the reports
  • share strategies on the effective use of HD data for outreach and advocacy purposes; and
  • encourage new approaches and methodologies for measuring HD by sharing innovative practices drawing on research and experiences of HDRs and the wider statistical community.

The workshop has been held to date in:

  • Senegal 2008
  • Kenya 2007

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