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UNDP launches Human Development Report 2005 09.13.2005 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Philippine Human Development Network (PHDN) held the launching of the Global Human Development Report (HDR) 2005 last September 12 at the SGV Room of the Asian Institute of Management Conference Center in Makati City.
With the theme ?International cooperation at a crossroads: Aid trade and security in an unequal world,? this year?s HDR launching has been timed for the World Summit in New York on September 14-16. According to UNDP Resident Representative a.i. Kyo Naka, the HDR 2005 is positioned as an indispensable guide to the key development issue on the World Summit agenda: aid, trade and security. The summit is expected to bring together 170 heads of state and government, the largest gathering of world leaders in history ? a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make bold decisions on this agenda.
The launching featured a presentation of the report by Dr. Manuel Montes, Regional Programme Coordinator of the Asia Trade and Investment Initiative of the UNDP Regional Centre in Colombo. Reactors to the report were Dr. Ponciano Intal, professor of economics at De La Salle University, and Isagani Serrano, senior vice president of the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM).
Opening speakers were Kyo Naka and Dr. Arsenio Balisacan, president of the PHDN. Former President Fidel V. Ramos delivered the closing message.
Commissioned every year since 1990, the HDR is prepared by an independent team of experts to explore major issues of global concern. A worldwide advisory network of leaders in academia, government and civil society contribute data, ideas and best practices to support the analysis and proposals published in the report.
The concept of human development looks beyond per capita income, human resource development and basic needs as a measure of human progress. It also assesses such factors as human freedom and dignity.
The Human Development Index (HDI) focuses on three (3) measurable dimensions of human development: living a long and healthy life, being educated and having a decent standard of living. Thus it combines measures of life expectancy, school enrolment, literacy and income to allow a broader view of a country?s development than does income alone. The HDI rankings of countries all over the world are a main feature of the report
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