Human Development Report 2019

1 Human Development Report 2019 Beyond income, beyond averages, beyond today: inequalities in Human Development in the 21st centuryEmpowered lives. Resilient 2019 | Beyond income, beyond averages, beyond today: inequalities in Human Development in the 21st centuryCopyright @ 2019 By the United Nations Development Programme 1 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017 USA All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission.

2 Sales no.: ISBN: 978-92-1-126439-5 eISBN: 978-92-1-004496-7 Print ISSN: 0969-4501eISSN: 2412-3129A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library and Library of Congress General disclaimers. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Human Development Report Office (HDRO) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

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5 The responsibility for the interpretation and use of the material lies with the reader. In no event shall the HDRO and UNDP be liable for damages arising from its in the USA, by AGS, an RR Donnelley Company, on Forest Stewardship Council certified and elemental chlorine-free papers. Printed using vegetable-based 2019 Human Development Report is the latest in the series of global Human Development Reports published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 1990 as independent, analytically and empirically grounded discussions of major Development issues, trends and policies.

6 Additional resources related to the 2019 Human Development Report can be found online at , including digital versions and translations of the Report and the overview in more than 10 languages, an interactive web version of the Report , a set of background papers and think pieces commissioned for the Report , interactive data visualizations and databases of Human Development indicators, full explanations of the sources and methodologies used in the Report s composite indices, country profiles and other background materials as well as previous global, regional and national Human Development Reports.

7 Cor-rections and addenda are also available cover conveys the inequalities in Human Development of a changing world. The dots in different colors represent the com-plex and multidimensional nature of these inequalities . The shad-ow of the climate crisis and sweeping technological change, evoked by the color of the cover background that suggests heat, will shape progress in Human Development in the 21st Development Report 2019 Beyond income, beyond averages, beyond today: inequalities in Human Development in the 21st centuryEmpowered lives.

8 Resilient nations. Published for theUnited NationsDevelopmentProgramme(UNDP) Human Development Report 2019 TeamDirector and lead authorPedro Concei oResearch and statisticsJacob Assa, Cecilia Calderon, George Ronald Gray, Nergis Gulasan, Yu-Chieh Hsu, Milorad Kovacevic, Christina Lengfelder, Brian Lutz, Tanni Mukhopadhyay, Shivani Nayyar, Thangavel Palanivel, Carolina Rivera and Heriberto TapiaProduction, communications, operationsBotagoz Abdreyeva, Oscar Bernal, Andrea Davis, Rezarta Godo, Jon Hall, Seockhwan Bryce Hwang, Admir Jahic, Fe Juarez Shanahan, Sarantuya Mend, Anna Ortubia.

9 Yumna Rathore, Dharshani Seneviratne, Elodie Turchi and Nu Nu WinExternal contributorsChapter 3 (by the World Inequality Lab): Lucas Chancel, Denis Cogneau, Amory Gethin, Alix Myczkowski and Thomas PikettyBoxes and spotlights: Elizabeth Anderson, Michelle Bachelet, Bas van Bavel, David Coady, James Foster, Nora Lustig and Ben Philipsii | Human Development Report 2019 ForewordThe wave of demonstrations sweeping across countries is a clear sign that, for all our pro-gress, something in our globalized society is not triggers are bringing people onto the streets.

10 The cost of a train ticket, the price of petrol, political demands for connecting thread, though, is deep and rising frustration with how to address today s dis-quiet requires looking Beyond Income, Beyond Averages and Beyond Today, as this Human Development Report sets out to often, inequality is framed around eco-nomics, fed and measured by the notion that making money is the most important thing in societies are creaking under the strain of this assumption, and while people may protest to keep pennies in their pockets, power is the protagonist of this story: the power of the few; the powerlessness of many.