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Human Development Report 2015 to be launched on 14 December 2015

20 October 2015 | Selim Jahan, Director of the Human Development Report Office
On 14 December, 2015, H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, UNDP Administrator, Helen Clark and I shall launch the 2015 Human Development Report entitled Work for Human Development in Addis Ababa,...Read more
2013 World Bank Event

Blog report: HDR 2013 public forum at World Bank

24 May 2013 | Sarah Jackson-Han
“People are the real wealth of a nation.” That sentence opened UNDP’s first Human Development Report (HDR) in 1990, as the Cold War was ending and mobile technology belonged largely in the realm of...Read more
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HDRO Seminar- the Rise of the Global Middle Class: the implications for Human Development

25 March 2013 | Shivani Nayyar
On February 7th 2013, HDRO reignited the HDRO Seminar Series with a stimulating event entitled The Rise of the Global Middle Class: the implications for Human Development. The HDR 2013 The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a...Read more

The 2013 Human Development Report available on line in a record 16 languages

21 March 2013 | Human Development Report Office
The 2013 Human Development Report is now available for free downloading in a record 16 languages, with more translations coming on line here soon. The complete Report can be found here in all...Read more

Human Development Index in 2013 Report shows major gains since 2000 in most countries of South

14 March 2013 | Human Development Report Office
Additional updated indices in 2013 Human Development Report measure gender equity, extreme poverty, and HDI inequalities Norway, Australia and the United States lead the rankings of 187 countries and territories in the latest Human...Read more
Second Conference on Measuring Human Progress

Revisiting Human Development Measurement: What's at stake

22 February 2013 | Milorad Kovacevic
The Second Conference on Measuring Human Progress, organized by the Human Development Report Office, will take place on 4–5 March as a part of an on-going initiative to strengthen the nexus between the human development concept, its measurement, and...Read more