2013 Human Development Report

Issue of "The South South Divide" has gone back and "The Rise of The South" will be the man theme of upcoming Human Development Report 2013. Read some interesting facts to be covered in upcoming HDR-

Vidyanand Acharya

The next Human Development Report– “The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World” – will be published in early 2013. The 2013 Human Development Report will examine the profound shift in global dynamics that is being driven by the fast-rising powers of the developing world – and the important implications of this phenomenon for human development.

China has already overtaken Japan as the world’s second biggest economy, lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty in the process. India is actively working to reshape its future with new entrepreneurial creativity and social policy innovation. Brazil has become an engine of growth for all South America, while reducing inequalities at home through antipoverty programs that are emulated worldwide.

Turkey, Thailand, South Africa, Mexico, Indonesia and many other dynamic developing nations have also become leading actors on the world stage, offering important policy lessons and valuable partnerships for the South as a whole, including today’s least developed countries. Looking ahead at the critical long-term challenges now facing the international community, from inequality to sustainability to global governance, the 2013 Report identifies policies and institutional reforms reflecting the new reality of the rising South that could promote greater human progress throughout the world for decades to come.

The 2013 Human Development Report includes special contributions on the topic from Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, Japan International Cooperation President Akihiko Tanaka, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Turkey’s Minister of Development Cevdet Yilmaz, among others.

The 2013 Report will feature a new Human Development Index (HDI) as well as the Report’s three complementary indices: the Inequality-adjusted HDI, the Gender Inequality Index (GII) and the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).