Multidimensional assessment of human development is increasingly recognized as playing an important role in assessing well-being. The focus of analysis is on the indicators measuring the three dimensions of Human Development Index (HDI) - standard of living, education and health, and their...

Overview of the 1992 Human Development Report. The 1992 Human Development Report is the third in an annual series sponsored by UNDP since 1990. The central thesis of these reports is that it is people who matter -- beyond the confusing maze of GNP numbers, beyond the curling smoke of industrial...

Migration, both within and beyond borders, has become an increasingly prominent theme in domestic and international debates, and is the topic of the 2009 Human Development Report (HDR09). The starting point is that the global distribution of capabilities is extraordinarily unequal, and that this...