The human development composite indices have been developed to capture broader dimensions of human development, identify groups falling behind in human progress and monitor the distribution of human ...

Continuing the thread of the 2019 and 2020 HDRs, 2021/22 HDR carries forward a conversation centered on inequalities while integrating other important themes related to uncertainties in the ...

IHDI is based on a distribution-sensitive class of composite indices proposed by Foster, Lopez-Calva and Szekely (2005), which draws on the Atkinson (1970) family of inequality measures. It is ...

The 2021/22 HDR revealed a startling reality: for the first time ever, the global HDI declined two years in a row, driven by a new “uncertainty complex,” of which the Covid-19 pandemic is emblematic.

The 2023/24 Human Development Report assesses the dangerous gridlock resulting from uneven development progress, intensifying inequality, and escalating political polarization, that we must urgently ...

Access and explore human development data for 193 countries and territories worldwide. Application loading... Note: Data presented here were used in the preparation of the 2023/2024 Human Development ...

Table 1 lists possible steps in the research and analysis during the preparation of a national or regional Human Development Report.

In 1990 the first Human Development Report introduced a new approach for advancing human wellbeing. Human development – or the human development approach – is about expanding the richness of human ...

Continuing with the practice from the previous years, HDRO is making public the statistical programs used in the calculation of the 2023 Multidimensional Poverty Index for a large selection of ...

PHDI is an experimental index that adjusts the Human Development Index (HDI) for planetary pressures in the Anthropocene. PHDI discounts the HDI for pressures on the planet to reflect a concern for ...

The Human Development Report process does not end with publication. An important share of the value added of HDRs lies in the fact that the reports articulate a consistent human development message ...

Biased Gender Social Norms are blocking the Path to Gender Equality The gender social norms biases we carry into the voting booths, board meetings, interview panels, and assemblies have been blocking ...