The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World

The 2013 Human Development Report, The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World looks at the evolving geopolitics of our times, examining emerging issues and trends and also the new actors which are shaping the development landscape. The report notes that in the last decade, all the countries have accelerated their achievements in education, health, and income dimensions as measured in the Human Development Index, to the extent that each country had a higher HDI than measured in 2000. The Report makes a significant contribution to development thinking b by describing specific drivers of development transformation and by suggesting future policy priorities that could help sustain momentum.