Human Development Reports

Global Reports
A Reliable Source and Alternative Perspective on Critical Issues for Human Development Worldwide
Featuring the Human Development Index, every report presents agenda-setting data and analysis and calls international attentions to issues and policy options that put people at the center of strategies to meet the challenges of development today - economic, social, political, and cultural.

Regional Reports
An Instrument for Measuring Human Progress and Triggering Action for Change
Promoting regional partnerships for influencing change, and addressing region-specific human development approaches to human rights, poverty, education, economic reform, HIV/AIDS, and globalization.

National Reports
A Tool for National Policy Debate
Placing human development at the forefront of the national political agenda. A tool for policy analysis reflecting people's priorities, strengthening national capacities, engaging national partners, identifying inequities and measuring progress.

Afghanistan National Human Development Reports

Afghanistan Human Development Report 2007- Rule of Law and the Search for Justice
The Afghanistan Human Development Report 2007, produced by CPHD, is the first study of its kind to define the distinct traditions, yet firm linkages between the rule of law and human development. This Report highlights key challenges to the expansion of the rule of law in Afghanistan and proposes bold new approaches that bridge modernity and tradition in the search for social justice. more...

National Human Development Report 2004 - Security with a Human Face  
The first-ever Afghanistan Human Development Report shows economy, education improving, but poverty, inequality and instability threaten progress. The new Afghan Government together with the international community must act now to prevent relapse. Accountability should be to the Afghan people's human security needs. The report marks the first time in modern history that objective observers were allowed to gather and tabulate hard data on living conditions among everyday Afghans. It draws a portrait of a nation still at odds - if no longer at war - with itself. And in a novel approach to peacemaking, the unblinking, unvarnished Report concludes that "human security" and "human development," rather than military force and diplomacy alone, are key to resolving Afghanistan's complex problems. The legitimate grievances of the Afghan people must be addressed before a lasting peace can take hold. Beyond survival, Afghans expect an existence with dignity, a life free of fear and free from wants. more...