November 02

"Sustainability And Equity: A Better Future For All"

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The Human Development Report 2011, "Sustainability and Equity:  A Better Future for All" will be launched on Wednesday, 2 November 2011.  The Human Development Report has been examining the living standards in most countries for  more than 20 years.  The 2011 Report projects a disturbing reversal of past trends if environmental deterioration and social inequalities continue to intensify, and calls for new approaches to global development financing and environmental controls.

 

The 2011 Report will also feature the:

Live webcast from Copenhagen - 2 November - 11am GMT

Live Twitter chat about the 2011 Report with UNDP Administrator Helen Clark 1:30pm GMT on 2 November @HelenClarkUNDP or #HDR2011

Related UN Resources


From UN Pulse:

Permanent Link: 2011 Human Development Report
May 14

Palestinian Human Development Report 2009/10

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Palestinian human development report 2009/10 Investing in Human Security for a Future State was issued (full text, pdf, 3.4 KB). The report looks into different aspects of human security: economy, food, health, environment, political, personal, community. According to the report:

It is imperative, if development and lasting peace are to be secured, that security be re-envisioned as something that guarantees the collective safety of Palestinians and Israelis rather than just the military security of the State of Israel.
UN Pulse Permanent Link: Palestinian human development report 2009/10
October 07

Human Development Report 2009

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2009 Human Development Report has been launched. Entitled Overcoming barriers: Human mobility and development (full text, 3.9 KB) the report focuses on migration, both within and beyond borders.
The report investigates migration in the context of demographic changes and trends in both growth and inequality. It also presents more detailed and nuanced individual, family and village experiences, and explores less visible movements typically pursued by disadvantaged groups such as short term and seasonal migration.
UN Pulse Permanent Link: Human development report 2009
July 01

Background Work For Human Development Report 2009

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Each year before the annual Human Development Report (HDR) is published by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) a topical background research is done for the upcoming HDR and a number of research papers are issued. The theme of the 2009 HDR is human mobility, the research papers published so far can be downloaded. The list of events, consultations, seminars and network discussions related to the 2009 HDR theme can also be consulted. UN Pulse: Permanent Link: Background work for Human Development Report 2009
July 22

Measure Of America : American Human Development Project

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Measure of America : American human development project

The American Human Development Project is a nonpartisan, non-profit initiative established to introduce to the United States an international approach and tool for measuring human well-being: the human development approach and the human development index. The Measure of America website features the American Human Development Report, produced by the American Human Development Project. It is modelled on the United Nations Development Programme's global Human Development Report, which has provided authoritative analysis and a ranked index for countries around the world for almost two decades. It is published by Columbia University Press and the Social Science Research Council. The website features extracts from the current report (the full report can also be ordered), accompanying maps, a blog, Excel data tables and details about the project. Intute.ac.uk
http://www.measureofamerica.org/