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Human Development Report 2001
Making new technologies work for human development
- Foreword, Acknowledgments, Abbreviations, Contents [117 KB]
- Overview: Making new technologies work for human development [106 KB]
- Chapter 1: Human development — past, present and future [336 KB]
- Chapter 2: Today ’s technological transformations — creating the network age [836 KB]
- Chapter 3: Managing the risks of technological change [237 KB]
- Chapter 4: Unleashing human creativity: national strategies [264 KB]
- Chapter 5: Global initiatives to create technologies for human development [456 KB]
- Human Development Indicators (898KB) [897 KB]
- Complete Report [2,905 KB]
- Addendum: Human Development Index for 12 countries not included in main indicator tables (11KB) [10 KB]
- Errata [6 KB]
Language editions
English | French | Spanish
Media Materials
Presskit [1,135 KB]
Centres of innovation [2,174 KB]
Technology timeline [314 KB]
The Report in the news
To order the report
Orders for all past editions of the Human Development Report must be addressed to the Human Development Report Office. An online form is available for this purpose.
