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 UNDP -- Human Development Report

UNDP has prepared the Human Development Report since 1990.  Each year the report focuses on a different aspect of human development.  As part of the report and in an annex UNDP publishes the multisectoral data which is the basis of its analysis.  All of these reports are available in pdf format at  http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2002/en/indicator/indicator.cfm?File=index.html . The UNDP also prepares regional and country Human development which are also available from the same location.  In addition,  the site permits you to select a country and get a printable report of all of the indicators for the latest Human Development Report. It is also possible to download the statistical tables from the latest report as an Excel file. Both of the former are available at  http://www.undp.org/hdr2003/indicator/index.html .  A CD-ROM with data from 1990 to 1999 is available at http://hdr.undp.org/publications/cdrom.cfm . The price is $US29.95 ($19.95 for developing countries)

Probably the best known output of the Human Development Report is the Human Development Index which is "a summary composite index that measures a country's average achievements in three basic aspects of human development: longevity, knowledge, and a decent standard of living. Longevity is measured by life expectancy at birth; knowledge is measured by a combination of the adult literacy rate and the combined primary, secondary, and tertiary gross enrolment ratio; and standard of living by GDP per capita (PPP US$)."  It is important to note that although the basic concept of the index has not changed since 1990, there have been subtle changes in the methodology of calculation from year to year.  For this reason any analysis of a country's HDI over time should be based on a recalculation of the index using the latest definition, which is given in the report. UNDP has provided a recalculation of the indexes for five year periods starting in 1975 -- the data is in Excel format in table hdr03_table2.xls of the Excel tables downloadable for 2003 at http://www.undp.org/hdr2003/indicator/index.html