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Important measurements issues

The Human Development Report presents special boxes in the chapters of the Report and, since 2000, in the Note on Statistics of the Human Development Report 2011  Readers guide [66 KB] to showcase innovative and emerging issues relevant to the measurement of human development and the statistical community. Highlighted throughout the years are such important initiatives as the UNESCO Institute of Statistics’ Literacy Assessment and Monitoring Programme  Literacy Assessment HDR 2003 [91 KB] and UNICEF, WHO and UNFPA’s efforts to develop process indicators to monitor maternal health  Monitoring Maternal Health HDR 2003 [91 KB] as well as key international measurement issues including the use of purchasing power parity  Purchasing Power Parity HDR 2001 [103 KB] exchange rates and accounting for the environment  Accounting Environment HDR 2002 [54 KB].

• Human Development Report 2011
• BOX 1.2 Measures of sustainability—a conceptual overview [88 KB]
• BOX 2.2 What can we learn from trends in aggregate measures of sustainability? [152 KB]
• BOX 3.1 Trends in multidimensional poverty [126 KB]
• Technical notes [418 KB]

• Human Development Report 2010
• Box 1.2 Refining the Human Development Index [76 KB]
• Box 4.2 Indigenous peoples and inequality in human development [76 KB]
• Box 4.3 More missing women [74 KB]
• Chapter 4 - Good things don’t always come together [650 KB]
• Technical notes [388 KB]

• Human Development Report 2009
• HDR 2009 Box 1.2: How movement matters to the measurement of progress [76 KB]
• HDRP 2009/54 A Human Development Index by Internal Migration Status [485 KB]

• Human Development Indices: A statistical update 2008
• HDI 2008 Box 2: The robustness of HDI country ranks to changes in weights [87 KB]
• HDI 2008 Chapter 4: Measuring Inequalities in income and gender [205 KB]

• Human Development Report 2007/8
• Technical note 2 - Measuring the short and long-term effects of climate-related disasters HDR 2007/2008 [109 KB]

• Human Development Report 2006
• A Human development index by income groups HDR 2006 [326 KB]
• Does access to water and sanitation affect child survival? A five country analysis HDR 2006 [616 KB]
• A logistic analysis of diarrhea incidence and access to water and sanitation HDR 2006 [976 KB]
• Economic and health effects of increasing coverage of low cost water and sanitation interventions HDR 2006 [1,156 KB]
• UNDP’s gender-related measures: some conceptual problems and possible solutions

• Human Development Report 2005
• Scenario 2015—prospects for the Millennium Development Goals HDR 2005 [532 KB]
• Two sides of the poverty reduction coin—why growth and distribution matter HDR 2005 [153 KB]
• Assessing progress towards the Millennium Development Goals HDR 2005 [109 KB]
• Trends in global income distribution, 1970-2000, and scenarios for 2015 HDR 2005 [692 KB]

• Human Development Report 2004
• Measuring cultural liberty HDR 2004 [56 KB]
• The Minorities at Risk dataset - quantifying cultural exclusion HDR 2004 [99 KB]
• Marrakech Action Plan for Statistics HDR 2004 [64 KB]
• Health Metrics Network HDR 2004 [65 KB]
• Culture Statistics Programme of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics HDR 2004 [64 KB]
• Measuring literacy HDR 2004 [64 KB]
• International Comparison Program HDR 2004 [63 KB]

• Human Development Report 2003
• Data for monitoring the poverty MDG HDR 2003 [124 KB]
• Building statistical capacity: unprecedented demand, opportunity HDR 2003 [143 KB]
• What is happening with global income inequality? Grotesque levels, ambiguous trends HDR 2003 [115 KB]
• Measuring income poverty: where to draw the line? HDR 2003 [95 KB]
• Disaggregated data within countries: NHDRs HDR 2003 [114 KB]
• Building capacity to ensure continuity of population censuses HDR 2003 [91 KB]
• A new tool for assessment and monitoring literacy HDR 2003 [91 KB]
• Measuring healthy life expectancy HDR 2003 [126 KB]
• Using process indicators to monitor maternal health HDR 2003 [91 KB]

• Human Development Report 2002
• Poverty’s relative HDR 2002 [161 KB]
• Gauging governance: measures of democracy political civil rights HDR 2002 [98 KB]
• Assessing adult literacy on a continuum HDR 2002 [54 KB]
• Measuring unemployment in developing countries HDR 2002 [52 KB]
• Accounting for the environment HDR 2002 [54 KB]
• Purchasing power parity HDR 2002 [54 KB]

• Human Development Report 2001
• International comparisons of living standards – the need for purchasing power parities HDR 2001 [168 KB]
• The geography of technological innovation and the Technology achievement index (TAI) HDR 2001 [497 KB]
• Purchasing power parity HDR 2001 [103 KB]
• International Crime Victims Survey HDR 2001 [103 KB]
• Time use surveys in developing countries HDR 2001 [127 KB]
• International Adult Literacy Survey HDR 2001 [127 KB]
• Composite index measuring the performance of health systems HDR 2001 [127 KB]

• Human Development Report 2000
• Chapter 5: Using indicators for human rights accountability HDR 2000 [240 KB]
• Chapter 5 Annex: Assessing progress in human rights and human development HDR 2000 [94 KB]
• Challenges of measuring literacy HDR 2000 [72 KB]

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