Human Development Reports

HDRO co-authors cutting-edge research using AI and satellite imagery to estimate HDI at a highly granular local level

A new study published 17 February 2026 in Nature Communications shows how satellite imagery and machine learning can extend ...
The Sierra Leone Telegraph

UNDP and Japan launch new initiatives to strengthen peace and human security in Kailahun

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Government of Japan and the Government of Sierra Leone, on Thursday officially ...
World Socialist Web Site

UN reports slowing human development and growing inequality, promoting AI as a solution

The 2025 United Nations (UN) Human Development Report published earlier this month reveals an unprecedented slowdown on the Human Development Indices (HDI) in all regions of the world, along with ...

Satellite imagery and AI reveal development needs hidden by national data

For years, Iceland, Switzerland, and Norway have ranked near the top of the United Nations' annual index of countries based ...
The Libya Observer

Libya launches seventh national human development report

The General Authority for Information has unveiled the main features of the country’s Seventh National Human Development Report 2025, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP ...
webtv.un.org

Symposium on the SDGs and local communities: The evidenced-based human security approach to accelerate SDG implementation at the sub-national level

Achieving the core promise of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a society where no one is left behind – means making progress on their implementation at the national and local levels. While ...