Human Development Reports - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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What we do

While national teams write and produce the HDRs, UNDP's NHDR Unit, located within the Human Development Report Office of UNDP in New York, was formed in 2001 to encourage the highest standards of quality and policy relevance and to nourish and sustain a global HDR network. The NHDR Unit's principal aims are as follows:

1. Establish Standards, Capacity Building and Knowledge: The NHDR Unit seeks to build the capacity of UNDP and its partners for higher quality HDR analysis and greater policy impact through standard setting, training, and knowledge building and sharing. Ongoing initiatives include:

• The Unit facilitates the Teamworks network forum consisting of approximately 2000 human development practitioners who exchange experiences and strategies through virtual discussions.
• HDRO maintains a tool kit of material, and network of people, who can help report teams to design, produce, review and disseminate reports
• HDRO reviews all Regional Human Development Reports (RHDRs) and politically sensitive National Human Development Reports (NHDRs)
• HDRO has developed a Primer on Measuring HD, to support HDR teams in the use of statistics and indicators in the reports.
• The biennial Human Development Awards developed by the NHDR Unit, recognizes excellence and provides incentives for high quality processes and products.
• The Unit supports the biennial Oxford course, the Advanced HD Virtual Development Academy Training Course, as well as Regional and National HDR Training Courses.

2. Enhance HDR Influence: The NHDR Unit seeks to increase the influence of HDR ideas and policy approaches through targeted media outreach, greater political engagement, and presentation of innovative report findings. Ongoing initiatives include:

• The Unit aims to further integrate the research and analysis undertaken in the HDR process into the programming and policy work of UNDP.
• By systematically supporting greater prominence of HDRs at key international fora and in the media, and through targeted dissemination strategies, the Unit aims to elevate their visibility and policy influence.

3. Strengthen Global - Regional - National Linkages: The NHDR Unit aims to strengthen the link between global and national HDR ideas and processes. Ongoing initiatives include:

• The Unit aims to identify HDRs addressing common themes and to engage in mutually supportive research.
• The global HDR process now systematically draws on the HDR-Net to enrich the production process.

 

	RESOURCES
	NHDR database HD publications Thematic guidance note HD partners UNDP Corporate policy

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