A Reliable Source and Alternative
Perspective on Critical Issues for Human Development Worldwide
Featuring the Human Development Index, every report presents agenda-setting
data and analysis and calls international attentions to issues and policy
options that put people at the center of strategies to meet the challenges of
development today - economic, social, political, and cultural.
An Instrument for Measuring Human
Progress and Triggering Action for Change
Promoting regional partnerships for influencing change, and addressing
region-specific human development approaches to human rights, poverty,
education, economic reform, HIV/AIDS, and globalization.
A Tool for National Policy Debate
Placing human development at the forefront of the national political agenda.
A tool for policy analysis reflecting people's priorities, strengthening
national capacities, engaging national partners, identifying inequities and
measuring progress.