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2007/2008 Report
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The latest global Report on the theme of climate change was launched on 27 November 2007.

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Human Development Index - Trends (HDI)

The HDI was introduced through the first Human Development Report (1990) and is a way of measuring development by combining indicators of life expectancy, educational attainment and income into a composite index. Learn more

Note: HDI rankings for the 2007/2008 Report are based on 2005 data. The complete set of data is available here.

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