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Acknowledgements<br />

The Human <strong>Development</strong> Report is the<br />

product of a collective effort by the <strong>United</strong><br />

<strong>Nations</strong> <strong>Development</strong> <strong>Programme</strong> (UNDP)<br />

Human <strong>Development</strong> Report Office (HDRO)<br />

and many valued external advisors and contributors.<br />

However, the findings, analysis and<br />

policy recommendations of this Report, as<br />

with previous Reports, are those of the authors<br />

alone.<br />

The publication of this Report in March<br />

2013 represents a return to the original schedule<br />

of the Human <strong>Development</strong> Reports, with<br />

its global launch and distribution in the first<br />

part of the year. This timing allows the Report’s<br />

composite indices to incorporate the most current<br />

statistical indicators and provides greater<br />

opportunity for discussions of the Report’s key<br />

findings and messages during the year.<br />

Preparation of this Report was guided<br />

by a careful re-reading of the first Human<br />

<strong>Development</strong> Reports by Mahbub ul Haq.<br />

In that spirit, the Report opens with a review<br />

of the current “state of human development”,<br />

looking at key human development trends<br />

and issues in the world today. It also benefited<br />

greatly from the wise counsel of Amartya Sen<br />

and Frances Stewart, Mahbub’s close collaborators,<br />

who generously provided both critical<br />

advice and written contributions.<br />

We are pleased that this Report features<br />

signed contributions from New York City<br />

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Japan International<br />

Cooperation Agency President Akihiko Tanaka<br />

and Turkey’s Minister of <strong>Development</strong> Cevdet<br />

Yılmaz, among others. We would like to express<br />

special gratitude to the authors of research<br />

papers commissioned by HDRO, who greatly<br />

enriched our understanding of the issues we<br />

set out to address: Fred Block, Nader Fergany,<br />

Ilene Grabel, Khalil Hamdani, Patrick Heller,<br />

Barry Hughes, Inge Kaul, Peter Kragelund,<br />

Shiva Kumar, Wolfgang Lutz, Deepak Nayyar,<br />

Leonce Ndikumana and Ngaire Woods.<br />

Throughout the preparation of the Report,<br />

we received invaluable insights and guidance<br />

from our distinguished HDRO Advisory<br />

Panel, especially Edward S. Ayensu, Cristovam<br />

Buarque, Michael Elliott, Jayati Ghosh, Patrick<br />

Guillaumont, Nanna Hvidt, Rima Khalaf,<br />

Nora Lustig, Sir James Alexander Mirrlees,<br />

Rajendra K. Pachauri, Samir Radwan, Rizal<br />

Ramli, Gustav Ranis, Frances Stewart, Miguel<br />

Székely and Kandeh K. Yumkella.<br />

We would also like to thank HDRO’s statistical<br />

panel, which provided expert advice<br />

on methodologies and data choices related to<br />

the calculation of the Report’s human development<br />

indices: Anthony Atkinson, Rachid<br />

Benmokhtar Benabdellah, Enrico Giovannini,<br />

Peter Harper, Anthony K.M. Kilele, Ben Paul<br />

Mungyereza, Hendrik Van der Pol, Marcia<br />

Quintsler and Eduardo Sojo Garza-Aldape.<br />

The Report’s composite indices and other<br />

statistical resources rely on the expertise of the<br />

leading international data providers in their<br />

specialized fields, and we express our gratitude<br />

for their continued collegial collaboration with<br />

the Human <strong>Development</strong> Report. To ensure<br />

accuracy and clarity, the Report’s statistical<br />

analysis also benefited from an external review<br />

of statistical findings by Akmal Abdurazakov,<br />

Sabina Alkire, Virginija Cruijsen, Kenneth<br />

Harttgen and Claudio Montenegro.<br />

The consultations held around the world<br />

during preparation of the Report relied on the<br />

generous support of many institutions and individuals<br />

who are too numerous to mention here.<br />

Consultations were held between September<br />

2011 and June 2012 in Addis Ababa, Bonn,<br />

Brasilia, Colombo, Geneva, New York, Rabat,<br />

Santiago and Tokyo. Support from partnering<br />

institutions, including UNDP country and<br />

regional offices, listed at http://hdr.undp.org/<br />

en/reports/hdr2013/consultations, is acknowledged<br />

with much gratitude.<br />

Many of our UNDP colleagues around the<br />

world—as members of the HDRO Readers<br />

Group and the Executive Group—provided<br />

invaluable insights into the preparation and<br />

final drafting of the Report. We would especially<br />

like to thank Adel Abdellatif, Pedro<br />

Conceição, Rebeca Grynspan, Olav Kjørven,<br />

Ajay Chhibber, George Ronald Gray Molina,<br />

Heraldo Muñoz, Selim Jehan, Natalia Linou,<br />

Kamal Malhotra, Abdoulaye Mar Dieye,<br />

Charles McNeill, Shantanu Mukherjee, Madi<br />

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