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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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