Human Development Reports

  • 15 May 2012

    Africa Human Development Report 2012

    The 2012 Human Development Report for Africa explores why dehumanizing hunger remains pervasive in the region, despite abundant agricultural resources, a favorable growing climate, and rapid economic growth rates.

  • 08 May 2012

    Arab Development Challenges Report 2011

    This second Development Challenges Report, coming at a time when the region is passing through a critical historical juncture, attempts to go beyond the numbers to uncover processes that have underpinned mutually reinforcing drivers of social, economic and political exclusion.

  • 08 May 2012

    Caribbean Human Development Report 2012

    Crime has become one of the main challenges threatening economies and livelihoods in Caribbean countries, but the right mix of policies and programmes can halt the problem, according to the Caribbean Human Development Report 2012.

  • 08 May 2012

    Asia-Pacific Human Development Report 2003

    This Report builds upon an extensive corpus of research on human development in South Asia, pioneered by the late Dr Mahbub-ul-Haq and strengthened by successive national and sub-national HDRs.

  • 08 May 2012

    Asia-Pacific Human Development Report 2008

    This Regional Human Development Report examines the problem of corruption from the perspective of the countries of Asia and the Pacific.

  • 08 May 2012

    Asia-Pacific Human Development Report 2005

    This Regional HDR is a major step towards bringing this to the centre of the development debate. The Report’s unique approach lies in its use of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to measure and monitor the impact of ICTs on human development.

  • 08 May 2012

    Asia-Pacific Human Development Report 2006

    The launch of the 2006 Asia-Pacific Human Development Report, Trade on Human Terms, comes at a critical time, with only a few months left before the end-of-year deadline for the completion of the Doha Development Round.

  • 04 November 2011

    Human Development Report 2011

    "Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All" argues that environmental sustainability can be most fairly and effectively achieved by addressing health, education, income, and gender disparities together with the need for global action on energy production and ecosystem protection.

  • 02 November 2011

    Human Development Report 2010

    This 20th anniversary edition features introductory reflections by the Nobel Prize–winning economist Amartya Sen, who worked with series founder Mahbub ul Haq on the conception of the first Human Development Report and contributed to and inspired many successive volumes.

  • 10 June 2011

    Asia and the Pacific Human Development Report 2010

    The Report makes it clear that achieving gender equality promotes human development—not only for women, but for whole societies, and is central to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

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