Human Development Reports - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

 Ideas  As Latvia wrestles with the changes posed by EU membership, globalization and rapid transition, the report offers the first systemic analysis of human security. It measures perceptions of security and Latvia's "securitability", defined as an individual's ability to be secure, even after disruption.

 Innovation  The report identifies major securitability factors, such as economic conditions and trust in government, and names current security priorities, including stemming the spread of HIV/AIDS and reducing the proliferation of narcotics.

 Impact  The then newly formed Government included many report recommendations in its declaration of intended initiatives, including improved public health financing and stronger laws to protect victims of domestic violence. Parliament requested a briefing on the report, and later asked UNDP to join its Committee on the Future of Latvia as an observer. Presentations to municipal governments led senior officials from major cities to refer to the report as a "handbook for all municipal leaders and social workers," and declare that "the human security concept will replace economic poverty as the organizing criterion for municipal planning."