From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Human Development Reports</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hdro.web@undp.org">hdro.web@undp.org</a>></span><br><br><p><b>United Nations Development Programme</b></p>
<h4>2013 Human Development Report</h4>
<h4><i>The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World</i></h4>
<p><b>Global launch: <i>Thursday, 14 March 2013, 12:00 PM EST/4:00 PM GMT</i></b>
</p><p>The 2013 Human Development Report examines the profound shift in
global dynamics driven by the fast-rising powers of the developing
world – and its implications for human development. </p>
<p>The South is developing at a pace unprecedented in human history,
with hundreds of millions of people being lifted out of poverty in
developing nations and billions more poised to join a new global middle
class</p>
<p>It’s not only the so called BRICS that are at the forefront of the
Rise of the South - Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Mauritius, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda,
and Vietnam are among the human-development high achievers
highlighted.</p>
<p>An updated <b>Human Development Index (HDI)</b> will also be released in the 2013 Report. The HDI measures national progress in health, education and income.</p>
<p><i><b>The Report is strictly under embargo until Thursday, 14 March 2013, 4:00 pm GMT.</b>
The global launch will take place in Mexico City in a ceremony with
United Nations Development Programme Administrator Helen Clark and
President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto.</i></p>
<p>For more information: Please contact Sophia Qureshi at
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