Human Development Report

The Human Development Report (HDR) is an annual milestone publication by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The report was first launched in 1990. Its simple goal was to place people at the centre of the development process in terms of economic debate, policy and advocacy. Development was characterised by the provision of choices and freedoms resulting in wide spread outcomes.

Four new indices have since been developed — the Human Development Index, the Gender-related Development Index, the Gender Empowerment Measure, and the Human Poverty Index. Each Report has its own focus drawn from contemporary development debate.

The Human Development Report is an independent report, commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and is the product of a selected team of leading scholars, development practitioners and members of the Human Development Report Office of UNDP. It is translated into numerous languages and launched in over 100 countries annually.

See also

• Human Development Index
• Gender-related Development Index
• Gender Empowerment Measure
• Human Poverty Index
• National Human Development Report

External links

• Official webpage of the Human Development Report
• Latest Report on climate change
• Palgrave Macmillan, official publisher of the Human Development Report 2006
• Human Development Report 2006: focus on water
• Beyond the UNDP Human Development Report 2006 response to report from the Overseas Development Institute
• Example of a National Human Development Report: "International Trade and Human Development" - Lao PDR 2006
• Philippine Human Development Report
• Gapminder
• Interactive maps