Welcome to Yemen NHDR Page

Yemen began the preparation of its first National Human Development Report (NHDR) in 1998. It represented the pioneer of reports to be published during subsequent years. Since then the NHDR has become an important reference for human development situations in Yemen and a major source for its various issues, data, and national and governorate level indicators.

The first report dealt with several issues relating to human development in Yemen from the situation and the dynamics of population growth, the labour market, the trends and challenges of economic growth, rationalization of public expenditure, and policies to combat poverty.Also, the report analyzed the educational, health and environmental situation as well as highlighted the topic of civil society and its transfotmation.

The second human development report deals with the civil society as a specific theme since it overlaps with most dimensions of human development. Civil society is indeed considered one of the indications that denote democratic transformation and the renewal of economic polices towards the market system and the adoption of partnership in development between the state, the civil society and the private sector. The civil society also reflects the mobility of the society in the context of a societal and economic reality that is changing and requires the concerted efforts of individuals within the popular institutional frameworks as counterparts to those made by governmental institutions.

The NHDR is being prepared by a neutral entity formed of a number of academics and researchers who reflect their own visions with regard to the issues examined by the report rather than the prior adoption of government’s directions or the views of the UNDP.

Jul 18, 2004, 18:37

Launching of the 2004 HDR
The 2004 Global Human Development Report entitled "Cultural Liberty in Today's Diverse World" was launched in Brussels on the 15th of July 2004. The HDR looks at many different policy approaches to

multicultural nations and communities, from bilingual education and affirmative action plans to innovative systems of proportional representation and federalism. The report argues that all people have the right to maintain their ethnic, linguistic, and religious identities. It further contends that the adoption of policies that recognize and protect these identities is the only sustainable approach to development in diverse societies. Hence, economic globalization cannot succeed unless cultural freedoms are also respected and protected. [ Visit Website ]
Jul 17, 2004, 13:38