The Human Development Index (HDI) is a tool to measure human prosperity. Learn how it works, as well as the criticisms and limitations of how it is used.

For years, Iceland, Switzerland, and Norway have ranked near the top of the United Nations' annual index of countries based on indicators of well-being and quality of life. Countries with more poverty ...

UNDP Administrator, Achim Steiner, talks to CNBC's Tania Bryer about the agency's latest Human Development Report that saw an unprecedented fall in human development globally, including statistics ...

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 ...

The United Nations Development Program’s (UNDP) September 2021&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa/egypt">Egypt</a>&nbsp;Human Development Report ...

India strengthens its 6-decade partnership with UNDP, focusing on poverty reduction and climate change, and calls for UN ...