Welcome to the Launch of the Human Development Report 2019 - Beyond income, beyond averages, beyond today: Inequalities in human development in the 21st century

Join us for the launch of the Human Development Report 2019 in Stockholm by the United Nations Development Programme at 9:00 AM, 12th December at Hotel AtSix, Brunkebergstorg 6. 

Almost 30 years since its inception, the Human Development Report remains a powerful voice. This year’s report deals with inequalities in the 21st Century and how they weaken social cohesion and economic growth, and damage people’s trust in government, institutions and in each other. When taken to extremes, they bring people onto the streets.

By looking beyond income, beyond averages, and beyond today, the report presents analysis, ideas and policy options to tackle inequality's drivers, recognizing that many inequalities are the symptom of an unfair system rather than the cause. As with most entrenched development challenges, there is no easy solution. Reversing inequality requires interventions from early childhood to old age and new thinking - particularly in the face of sweeping technological change and the climate crisis. All are politically challenging. All are possible.

SPEAKERS

• Mourad Wahba
  Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States
• Peter Eriksson
  Minister for International Development Cooperation, Government of Sweden
• Susanna Gable
  Chief Economist, Swedish International Development Agency
• Carl Fredrik Wettermark
  Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Norrsken Foundation
• Victor Galaz
  Deputy Director, Stockholm Resilience Centre (Stockholm University)

MODERATOR

• Hanna Nelson
  Policy Manager, Oxfam

PROGRAMME

9:30 Doors open, registration and breakfast

10:00 Start of event 

10:05 Speech by Peter Eriksson, Minister for International Development Cooperation, Government of Sweden

10:15 Presentation of report key findings by Mourad Wahba, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States

10:30 Panel discussion on inequalities and their impact on human development

11:15 Questions from the audience

11:25 Closing remarks

11:30 End of event