UNDP to Launch 20th Anniversary Edition of Human Development Report

New York, 22 Oct-(ANA)-The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will publish on line, in print and in 10 languages the 20th anniversary edition of the annual Human Development Report on 4 November.

The report, "The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development,"  provides new insights into the trends and patterns of development and introduces measurement innovations on inequality, gender and acute poverty.

The 2010 Human Development Report will be launched at the UN by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, who helped conceive the Human Development Index (HDI) and the overall human development approach. Lead author Jeni Klugman will present the main findings of the 2010 Report. (ANA)

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