This document is being processed or is not available. This edition also includes, for the first time, success stories from several countries that are making progress towards the healthrelated sdg targets. The inclusive growth and development report 2017 world. Ineffective policies can persist, while potentially effective policies are often not adopted. The human development index hdi is an index that measures key dimensions of human development. Universal social protection to achieve the sustainable development goals based on new data, it offers a broad range of global, regional and country data on social protection coverage, benefits and public expenditures on social protection. Any mediation relating to disputes arising under the licence shall be conducted in accordance with the mediation rules of the world intellectual property organization. The economies are ranked from the most to the least competitive and the results from the previous years ranking 2016 are shown in brackets. World development indicators wdi is the primary world bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized international sources. The 2017 edition of the measuring the information society report was launched during the world telecommunicationict indicators symposium wtis 2017, in hammamet, tunisia. Noncommercialyou may not use this work for commercial purposes.
Successful reforms are not just about best practice. Pakistan the human capital index hci database provides data at the country level for each of the components of the human capital index as well as for the overall index, disaggregated by gender. A key challenge for policymakers in todays global economy is digital development. For this purpose it uses gross national income gni per capita data in u. The world development indicators is a compilation of relevant, highquality, and internationally comparable statistics about global development and the fight against poverty. Insight report the inclusive growth and development report. Governance and the law explores why some policies fail to achieve desired outcomes and what makes other policies work. Authors analysis based on world bank world development indicators, world bank povcalnet, and united nations world.
The scores shown to the left are actually indices 0 to 100 generated for the. The world economic forums system initiative on economic growth and social inclusion has taken on this challenge with the release of the inclusive growth and development report 2017. The world bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. Data in the tables are those available to the human development report office as of 15 november, 20, unless otherwise specified.
It is used to monitor and compare developments in information and communication technology ict between countries and over time. The 2016 edition of world development indicators is out. List of countries by human development index wikipedia. Doing business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared. The world development report wdr is an annual report published since 1978 by the international bank for reconstruction and development ibrd or world bank. Global highlights presented in world view encompass data from all six thematic sections. The safe cities index 2019 is a report from the economist intelligence unit, sponsored by nec corporation. However, inclusive growth and development remain primarily an aspiration. World investment report builds on that track record and presents policy advice on how to deal with close to 3,000 oldgeneration investment treaties. Access to education measured by expected years of schooling of children at schoolentry age and mean years of schooling of the adult population. Data on the sustainable development goals are now presented in a. It seeks to explore ways of improving standards of living, and the human condition generally, by examining potential solutions to problems such as. No systemic framework has emerged to guide policy and practice.
United nations, department of economic and social affairs, population division 2017. Rather, they take place in complex political and social settings, in which individuals and groups with unequal power interact within changing rules. World development indicators 2014 english the world bank. The index was devised and constructed by vaibhav sahgal and divya sharma nag. Nigeria the human capital index hci database provides data at the country level for each of the components of the human capital index as well as for the overall index, disaggregated by gender. Youth and the 2030 agenda for sustainable development v acknowledgements the world youth report, prepared biennially, is the flagship publication on youth issues of the department. Of these countries, 59 are in the very high human development group, 53 in the high, 39 in the medium and only 38 in the low. Calculated using mean years of schooling and expected. The report is based on the third iteration of the index, which ranks 60 cities across 57 indicators covering digital security, health security, infrastructure security and personal security. The database contains 1,600 time series indicators for 217 economies and more than 40 country groups, with data for many indicators going back more than 50 years. The top five countries in the global hdi rankings are norway 0. Creative commons attributionnoncommercialnoderivatives 3.
World development indicators 2014 provides a compilation of relevant, highquality, and internationally comparable statistics about global development and the fight against poverty. District human development reports for districts in india. Calculated using mean years of schooling and expected years of schooling. Each wdr provides indepth analysis of a specific aspect of economic development.
Data on the sustainable development goals are now presented in a new companion publication, atlas of sustainable development goals 2017, which analyzes and visualizes world development indicators data to explore progress toward. See world development indicators for more recent data on africa. The world bank annual report 2017 was produced by the world bank group s external and corporate relations unit, led by jeremy hillman in the corporate communications department, with editorial coordination by daniel nikolits, and key contributions from marjorie bennington, denise bergeron. Governance and the law addresses these fundamental questions, which are at the heart of development. With over 1 million downloads last year, wdi is the most widely used dataset in our open data catalog and it provides highquality crosscountry comparable statistics about development and peoples lives around the globe. The inclusive growth and development report 2017 around the world, no bigger policy challenge preoccupies leaders than expanding social participation in the process and benefits of economic growth. The global human capital report 2017 world economic forum. The imd world competitiveness ranking presents the 2017 overall ranking for the 63 economies covered by the wcy. World development indicators 2017 open knowledge repository. How nations develop their human capital can be a more important determinant of their longterm success than virtually any other factor. The ict development index idi, which has been published annually since 2009, is a composite index that until 2017, combined 11 indicators into one benchmark measure. Access to information project knowledge and networking portal on right to information rti. World map of countries by human development index categories in increments of 0. The worldwide governance indicators wgi project reports aggregate and individual governance indicators for over 200 countries and territories over the period 1996 2018, for six dimensions of governance.
The index measures the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age 18, given the risks of poor health and poor. Pdf portable document format prsc poverty reduction support credit. The 2017 global peace index finds that the world became more peaceful in the last year, however, over the last decade it has become significantly less. Demographic changes, economic growth, and social inclusion according to the population division of the united nations, the world s population will grow to about 9. World health statistics 2017 compiles data on 21 healthrelated sustainable development goals sdg targets, with 35 indicators, as well as data on life expectancy. No further updates of this database are currently planned. The 9th edition of the measuring the information society report, an annual report published by itu since 2009, features key ict data and benchmarking tool to measure the information society, the ict. The global human capital index 2017 ranks countries on how well they are developing their human capital on a scale from 0 worst to 100 best across four thematic dimensions and five distinct age groups to capture the full.
World happiness report 2017 the world happiness report. The world bank classifies economies for analytical purposes into four income groups. Were excited to announce the release of the 2016 edition of world development indicators wdi. World bank support for open data 20122017 iii contents foreword v. In 2010, 49 countries were in the low human development group. World mortality 2017 worldwide, the number of years that a newborn is expected to live, if current mortality patterns remain constant in the future, exceeded 71 years in 2015 and. The report is copublished by the world bank, the wto, the institute of developing economies idejetro, the organisation for economic cooperation and development oecd and the research center of global value chains at the university of international business and economics. Go to resource the incomes of the poorest 40% grew faster than the average in around twothirds of low and middleincome countries with data. The web archives program was launched in march 2007 to preserve historical and research value of world bank websites that had been discontinued or significantly updated.
Even though global development finance gdf is no longer listed in the wdi. This is a full list of countries by the human development index as included in a united nations development programme s. World map representing human development index categories based on 2018 data, published in 2019. Africa development indicators was a primary world bank collection of development indicators on africa, compiled from officiallyrecognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates. Human development index human development reports undp. The 2018 update presents hdi values for 189 countries and territories with the most recent data for 2017. Comprehensive analytical toolslike the regulatory indicators for sustainable energy rise, which assess countries policies and regulatory support for. World development indicators 2014 english abstract. Policy making and policy implementation do not occur in a vacuum. The web archives collection dates back to 1998 and includes. Data on the sustainable development goals are now presented in a new companion publication, atlas of sustainable development goals 2017, which analyzes and visualizes world development indicators data to explore progress toward the goals for 2030 and catalyzes discussion of measurement issues and data needs. The database contains more than 1,300 time series indicators for 214.