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The St Kitts Nevis Observer United Nations Development Programs goals graphic. An experimental global index offers a new measurement of human progress that illustrates the challenge of tackling poverty and inequality while easing planetary pressure. UNITED NATIONS, New York–December 16th, 2020–The COVID-19 pandemic is the latest crisis facing the world, but unless humans release their grip on nature, it won’t be the last, according to a new report by the United Nations Development Progr...

The report published by United Nations Development Programme has ranked  India at 131 among 189 countries Sabrangindia17 Dec 2020 India is now ranked 131 among 189 countries in the latest Human Development Index rankings published by the United Nations Development Programme. Norway continues to occupy the first spot as was the case in 2019. Bhutan which ranked 134th in 2019 has now assumed the 129th spot this year. The Human Development Index (HDI) is based on a nation...

India has slipped two notches, to 131st place, in the latest Human Development Index (HDI) rankings published by the United Nations Development Programme although most of its neighbours have improved their scores. The Human Development Report 2020 has placed India in the 131st position among 189 countries, down from the 129th last year. Bhutan, ranked 134th last year, has leapfrogged India to the 129th spot. The HDI measures achievements in life expectancy, education and per capita income. The ...

By Sami Zaptia. London, 16 December 2020: At a Tripoli ceremony yesterday, Libya’s General Information Authority (GIA) issued the fifth National Report on Human Development of 2018, entitled “Challenges to Development in Libya”. The report addressed the possible paths of future Libyan human development and efforts towards overcoming challenges, adopting a model of what is known as the development state, upgrading living standards, services and facilities, education systems, social welfar...

NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 pandemic took little time to expose the inequalities as well as weaknesses in social and economic systems, which has threatened human development, which calls for a greater need to work with and not against the nature, the UNDP said in a report launched on Wednesday. The pandemic is the latest crisis facing the world but unless humans release their grip on nature, it will not be the last, said the 2020 report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The repo...

UNDP report on advancing human progress 16th Dec 2020    |    Source: UNDP Bold steps are required to advance equitable human progress while easing planetary pressure, new UNDP report An experimental global index offers a new measurement of human progress that accounts for planetary pressure to guide an equitable and sustainable recovery from COVID-19. Bold steps are required to advance equitable human progress while easing planetary pressure, new UNDP reportThe COVID-19 pandemic is th...

People watch the Blue Cut Fire in Lytle Creek, Calif., in 2016. Credit: AFP via Getty Images U.N. Report: In The Age Of Humans, The Dominant Risk To Our Survival Is Ourselves By at 12:55 pm NPR "Warning lights — for our societies and the planet — are flashing red." Thats according to a new report from the United Nations Development Programme. The report notes that COVID-19 has thrived "in the cracks in societies, exploiting and exacerbating myriad ine...

Country maintains high HDI ranking Article by December 16, 2020 Barbados is one of only two Caribbean islands that have been rated by the UNDP as having a very high level of human development. The UNDP’s 2020 Human Development Report, which was officially launched today, ranks Barbados at 58 out of 189 countries in the human development indices (HDI). Barbados was ranked 56th in the UNDP’s 2019 report. The Bahamas is also ranked 58th, having also received a value of 0.81...

With 1 in 5 workers ‘skilled’, India ranks 129 among 162 © Provided by The Times of India Barely one in five Indians in the labour force is “skilled” according to the just released Human Development Report (HDR) 2020. With the figure at 21.2%, India is 129th among 162 countries for which this data is available. The countries closest to India in sharing this dubious distinction are Ivory Coast, Sudan, Liberia and Cameroon, most of which are classified in the low human development cate...

BARCELONA (THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION) - Under huge pressure from Covid-19, climate change and natural destruction, warning lights for the planet and societies are "flashing red". And now is the time to choose a safer, fairer path for human development, the United Nations said on Tuesday (Dec 15). "We are at an unprecedented moment in the history of humankind and in the history of our planet," it said in a report, urging efforts by governments, business and citizens to pursue a new kind of prog...