Measuring Human Development: A Primer
The Human Development Report Office has a new publication - Measuring Human Development: A Primer. This publication is a tool for all those working on sub-national, national and regional Human Development Reports (HDRs). This reference may also be useful to all professionals working on human development issues. It consists of guidelines and tools to support the production of quantitatively and qualitatively rigorous reports that support a process of evidence based policy making and advocacy.
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The draft Primer was discussed on HDRStats-Net - view the discussion.
Related Resources
In addition, there are a number of ongoing efforts underway to address measurement and data support needs of national and regional HDR teams.
Human Development: From Theory to Practice
The Oxford/UNDP Human Development
Training Course,
last held in September 2008, contains a measurement segment addressing
national and international statistical systems, social statistics for MDGRs and
NHDRs and the computation, uses and limitations of the human development
indexes. Use this link to view relevant presentations.
Regional Technical
Workshop on Measuring HD
In response to the need for increased statistical support to HDR teams,
UNDP proposes organizing a series of Regional
Technical Workshops on Measuring Human Development starting with
sub-Saharan Africa which aims to increase
understanding on the use of statistics for human development policy planning.
The Regional Technical Workshop will
address issues related to the human development composite indices, use of
statistics and indicators, methodological and data challenges, and ultimately
to contribute to the ongoing evolution of human development indicators to better
capture country-specific situations.
HDRStats-Net: Human Development Statistical Network
HDRStats-Net was created over a year ago as an expert
forum for discussions on issues related to measuring human development,
including how to calculate the composite HD indexes, innovations in adapting
these indexes to local contexts, measuring MDG progress, good methodological
practices, etc. The network, made up of almost 800 members, of which 40% are
from the social science and statistical community beyond UNDP, enables HDR
teams to draw on the pioneering research and thinking of statisticians and
centres of excellence around the world. To join, please visit the network's page on this site.
Human Development Statistics
HDR Statistics section of the web site
You can access data from the Human Development Report (HDR) and resources to
help you better understand these data. You will also find information about the
human development index and other indices, links to relevant background
materials, data resources as well as:
- an HDR statistics database, which allows a variety of ways to explore and access data on-line or to build and export your own tables;
- an interactive human development index calculator that gives you hands-on experience with the HDI construction and enables you to calculate your own HDI for real applications;
- a new animation that features recent income growth and human development trends; and
- the global assessment of progress towards the Millennium Development Goals contained in the HDR 2004.
