HDialogue

21 March 2019 | Pedro Conceição, Director of the Human Development Report Office at UNDP

UNDP’s Human Development Report (HDR) celebrates its 30th birthday next year. And in the run up to that the Human Development Report Office is embarking on a major effort to re-articulate human development for today’s world.

20 March 2019 | Jon Hall, Policy Specialist at the Human Development Report Office, UNDP

Since 2013 the United Nations has celebrated the International Day of Happiness on March 20 as a way recognize the importance of happiness to people’s lives.

28 February 2019 | Jon Hall, Policy Specialist at the Human Development Report Office, UNDP

Late last year the World Wide Fund for Nature released their Living Planet Report for 2018.

07 February 2019 | Christina Lengfelder, Research Analyst at the Human Development Report Office, UNDP

In the proliferating landscape of development reports, many have asked the question of the value-added of the Human Development Reports (HDRs) in the era of the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

23 January 2019 | Thangavel Palanivel, Deputy Director of the Human Development Report Office, UNDP

Cultural and creative industries, which include arts and crafts, advertising, design, entertainment, architecture, books, media and software, have become a vital force in accelerating human development.

04 December 2018 | Ojijo Odhiambo, Senior Economic Advisor, UNDP Nigeria

The decade-long Boko Haram insurgency, epitomized by the abduction in April 2014 of 276 girls from Government Secondary School in Chibok, has left in its wake a tale of destruction, tens of thousands of deaths, displacement of millions of people and consequently, a complex and multi-facete

19 November 2018 | Selim Jahan, Director of the Human Development Report Office, UNDP

The lack of women’s empowerment is a critical form of inequality. And while there are many barriers to empowerment, violence against women and girls (VAW) is both a cause and a consequence of gender inequality.

06 November 2018 | Carolina Rivera and Monica Jahangir

Carolina Rivera is a Research Analyst at the Human Development Report Office at UNDP and Monica Jahangir is a Policy and Advocacy Officer at the International Movement ATD Fourth World.

24 July 2018 | Shakeel Ahmad, Assistant Country Director and Chief of the Development Policy Unit, UNDP Pakistan

Any study of human development is incomplete without considering demographic transition; a phenomenon likely to have a profound impact on Pakistan’s future, given its young population.

03 July 2018 | Dr. Merve Hosgelen

Dr. Merve Hosgelen is the National Human Development Report Project Manager at UNDP Timor-Leste